Famous Deaths Happened In May - 18
Monday, 26 January 2026
0526 On this day in history 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 władysław 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 May - 18. 

1551 On this day in history death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) 

1584 On May - 18 death of ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) 

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

1625 On this day in history francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies 

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

1675 On this day in history jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 

1692 Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies on May - 18. 

1724 On this day in history johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 

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 On this day in history death of túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) 

1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies on May - 18. 

1800 On May - 18 death of alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729) 

1807 On this day in history death of john Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721) 

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 On this day in history bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 

1839 On this day in history carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 

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

1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on May - 18. 

1862 On May - 18 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 On this day in history death of isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823) 

1900 On this day in history 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 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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