Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

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

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

1724  On November - 18 death of bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685)   

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

1827  Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24 on November - 18.   

1841  On November - 18 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  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 November - 18.   

1887  Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 on November - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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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 this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

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