Famous Deaths In May - 18

0526  John I, Pope (523-26), dies on this day in history.   

1160  On May - 18 erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

1401  On May - 18 death of wÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372   

1410  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on this day in history.   

1450  On May - 18 death of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)   

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on May - 18.   

1551  On May - 18 death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on this day in history.   

1587  Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies on May - 18.   

1625  On May - 18 francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies   

1653  Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1675  Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 on May - 18.   

1692  Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies on this day in history.   

1724  Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 on May - 18.   

1733  Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71 on May - 18.   

1767  Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1780  Death of Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland on May - 18.   

1781  Death of Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) on May - 18.   

1799  On May - 18 pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies   

1800  On this day in history death of alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)   

1807  Death of John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1808  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1829  Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1832  Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1839  On May - 18 carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57   

1844  Death of Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1848  On May - 18 william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF   

1862  On this day in history william H Keim, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48   

1864  On May - 18 james Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41   

1889  Death of Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823) on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 18 death of jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)   

1909  George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 on May - 18.   

1910  On this day in history flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66   

1911  Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on this day in history.   

1186  On May - 18 birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  On this day in history birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on May - 18.   

1610  On May - 18 birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

1662  On May - 18 birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)   

1692  On May - 18 birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  On May - 18 birth of ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer