Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on February - 18.   

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  On February - 18 death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.   

1405  On February - 18 death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.   

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 February - 18.   

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

1564  On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1583  On February - 18 death of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)   

1587  On February - 18 death of mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]   

1654  On this day in history death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)   

1660  Death of Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on February - 18.   

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

1712  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 death of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)   

1745  On February - 18 nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

1748  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on this day in history.   

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

1778  On this day in history death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)   

1780  On this day in history death of kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)   

1788  On this day in history death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

1790  Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67 on February - 18.   

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on February - 18.   

1803  On February - 18 j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

1829  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 on February - 18.   

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer was born on February - 18.   

1516  Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) was born on this day in history.   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  On February - 18 birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  On this day in history birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)