Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on February - 18.   

0901  On this day in history death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on February - 18.   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1405  On this day in history death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)   

1455  On February - 18 fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies   

1478  On February - 18 death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1583  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on February - 18.   

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on February - 18.   

1654  Death of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594) on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history death of judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried   

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

1712  On February - 18 duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies   

1718  On this day in history death of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)   

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on February - 18.   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.   

1748  On this day in history death of otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)   

1772  Death of Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) on February - 18.   

1778  Death of Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1780  Death of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1788  On February - 18 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1799  On February - 18 maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on February - 18.   

1817  On February - 18 giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

1829  On this day in history jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on February - 18.   

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on February - 18.   

1530  On February - 18 birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.