Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.   

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.   

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1597  On December - 18 barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

1633  Death of Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.   

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.   

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1692  Death of Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626) on December - 18.   

1710  On December - 18 peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62   

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

1779  On this day in history jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68   

1787  Death of Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704) on this day in history.   

1799  On December - 18 death of jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)   

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85   

1831  On this day in history willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75   

1835  Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1839  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on December - 18.   

1841  Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1843  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on December - 18.   

1848  Death of Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) on December - 18.   

1858  Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81 on December - 18.   

1862  Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on December - 18.   

1865  On December - 18 francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70   

1869  Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1892  Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 on December - 18.   

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1507  On this day in history birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

1569  On December - 18 birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.