Famous Deaths Happened In November - 18
Thursday, 15 January 2026
0942 On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies 

1154 Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18. 

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

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

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

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

1785 Death of Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725) on November - 18. 

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

1797 Death of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) on November - 18. 

1814 On this day in history death of william Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745) 

1822 Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

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

1841 Georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77 on November - 18. 

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

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

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 On November - 18 justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies 

1911 On November - 18 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 November - 18. 

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 Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1941 On this day in history 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 November - 18. 

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