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  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1724  Death of Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685) on this day in history.  

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1771  On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73  

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

1814  On November - 18 death of william Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)  

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

1827  Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24 on this day in history.  

1841  On this day in history 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  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on November - 18.  

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  Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 on November - 18.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1918  On November - 18 reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies  

1919  On November - 18 ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies  

1922  Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1941  On November - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

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 November - 18.  

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.  

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

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

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

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