Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

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 February - 18.   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

1405  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on this day in history.   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on this day in history.   

1478  Death of Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on February - 18.   

1535  On this day in history agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48   

1546  On February - 18 martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1583  On this day in history 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  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on February - 18.   

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

1748  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on February - 18.   

1772  Death of Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) on this day in history.   

1778  On February - 18 death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)   

1780  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1807  On February - 18 august G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53   

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  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

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

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

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

1559  On this day in history 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)