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  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.  

1559  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)  

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on November - 18.  

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.  

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

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1724  Death of Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685) on November - 18.  

1771  Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73 on November - 18.  

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

1796  Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1797  On November - 18 death of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)  

1814  Death of William Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745) on November - 18.  

1822  Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66 on November - 18.  

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

1841  Georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1851  Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1852  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on November - 18.  

1883  On November - 18 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  On November - 18 eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81  

1889  William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68 on November - 18.  

1904  On this day in history justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies  

1911  Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1918  Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies on November - 18.  

1919  Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies on November - 18.  

1922  On this day in history marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51  

1929  On this day in history henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78  

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on November - 18.  

1946  On this day in history donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86  

1950  Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)  

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.  

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.  

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer  

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.