Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.  

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.  

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

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

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.  

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

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

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried  

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)  

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

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

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  Death of William Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745) on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66  

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

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

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

1886  On November - 18 chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56  

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

1889  On November - 18 william Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68  

1904  Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies on this day in history.  

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

1917  On this day in history henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43  

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

1919  On this day in history ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies  

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

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on November - 18.  

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on November - 18.  

1950  On November - 18 gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60  

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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  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 November - 18.  

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

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.  

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

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