Famous Deaths In July - 18

0640  On this day in history arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  On this day in history death of muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)   

1100  On this day in history godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on July - 18.   

1591  On July - 18 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on July - 18.   

1610  On July - 18 death of michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573)   

1639  On this day in history bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies   

1642  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies on July - 18.   

1650  Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1695  On July - 18 joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61   

1698  On July - 18 death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)   

1710  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 on July - 18.   

1721  Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on July - 18.   

1730  On this day in history death of françois de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)   

1735  On this day in history johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83   

1792  On this day in history death of john Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747)   

1817  On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

1831  On this day in history thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

1833  On July - 18 joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63   

1854  On this day in history abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1863  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on this day in history.   

1872  Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 on July - 18.   

1884  Death of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829) on July - 18.   

1892  On July - 18 thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83   

1894  On this day in history leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75   

1898  On this day in history emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62   

1899  Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79   

1902  John White, composer, dies at 47 on July - 18.   

1908  On July - 18 jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83   

1915  On this day in history george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53   

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1340  On July - 18 birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  On July - 18 birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on July - 18.   

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On July - 18 birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)   

1634  On July - 18 birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)   

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On July - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer