Famous Deaths In May - 18

0526  On May - 18 john I, Pope (523-26), dies  

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on May - 18.  

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  Death of Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) on this day in history.  

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on this day in history.  

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 May - 18.  

1587  On this day in history felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies  

1625  Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies on May - 18.  

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1653  On May - 18 carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48  

1675  On May - 18 jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37  

1692  On May - 18 elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1767  On May - 18 thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28  

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 this day in history.  

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

1800  Death of Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729) on this day in history.  

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

1808  On this day in history jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49  

1829  On this day in history bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72  

1832  On May - 18 bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62  

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

1844  On this day in history death of richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780)  

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 this day in history james Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41  

1889  Death of Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823) on May - 18.  

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

1909  On this day in history george Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81  

1910  Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50  

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on May - 18.  

1186  Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) was born on May - 18.  

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  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on May - 18.  

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