Famous Deaths Happened In July - 18

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

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

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

1374  Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) on this day in history.   

1639  Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies on July - 18.   

1642  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74   

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

1698  On this day in history death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)   

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

1721  On July - 18 jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies   

1730  On July - 18 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  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on July - 18.   

1833  Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 on July - 18.   

1854  Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 on July - 18.   

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

1872  On July - 18 benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66   

1884  Death of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

1892  Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1894  Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 on July - 18.   

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

1899  On July - 18 horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies   

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  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on this day in history.   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.   

1504  On July - 18 birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  On this day in history birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on this day in history.