Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies  

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)  

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.  

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

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.  

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

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

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

1785  Death of Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

1796  On this day in history 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 November - 18.  

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

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 this day in history georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77  

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

1852  On November - 18 anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60  

1883  Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies on November - 18.  

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

1887  On this day in history eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81  

1889  William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1904  Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies on November - 18.  

1911  On this day in history alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies  

1917  On November - 18 henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43  

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

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

1922  Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 on November - 18.  

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

1941  On November - 18 walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77  

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 November - 18.  

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.  

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)  

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer  

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)  

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

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.  

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer