Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

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

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

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

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

1217  On this day in history alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

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 this day in history death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

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

1546  On this day in history martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on February - 18.   

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

1587  On this day in history death of mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8]   

1654  Death of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594) on February - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1778  Death of Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) on February - 18.   

1780  Death of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) on February - 18.   

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

1790  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1799  Maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on February - 18.   

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

1817  Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1829  On February - 18 jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77   

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

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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