Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

0814  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  On February - 18 alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59   

1294  On February - 18 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 February - 18 death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)   

1455  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) on February - 18.   

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  On February - 18 death of otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)   

1772  On February - 18 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

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

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

1788  Death of John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) on February - 18.   

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

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

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

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

1817  On this day in history 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 February - 18.   

1404  On this day in history birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  On this day in history 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  On February - 18 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  On February - 18 birth of per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)