Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  On this day in history death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.   

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried   

1678  On this day in history giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36   

1724  On this day in history death of bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)   

1771  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history death of louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)   

1796  On November - 18 catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1797  Death of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history death of william Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)   

1822  Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24   

1841  On November - 18 georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1851  On November - 18 ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80   

1852  On this day in history anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60   

1883  On this day in history wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies   

1886  Chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56 on this day in history.   

1887  Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history william Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68   

1904  On November - 18 justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies   

1911  Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies on November - 18.   

1917  Henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43 on November - 18.   

1918  Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1919  Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies on this day in history.   

1922  On November - 18 marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77   

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1950  Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 on November - 18.   

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1522  On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  On this day in history birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on this day in history.   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.