Famous Deaths In July - 18

0640  On July - 18 arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on July - 18.   

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on July - 18.   

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

1488  On this day in history death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)   

1544  On this day in history rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on July - 18.   

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

1610  On this day in history death of michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573)   

1639  On July - 18 bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies   

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

1650  Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 on July - 18.   

1695  Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 on July - 18.   

1698  Death of Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) on July - 18.   

1710  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1721  Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1730  Death of François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) on July - 18.   

1735  Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 on July - 18.   

1792  On July - 18 death of john Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747)   

1817  Jane Austen, writer, dies on July - 18.   

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1854  Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 on this day in history.   

1863  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on July - 18.   

1872  Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history death of ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)   

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

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  On this day in history horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies   

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

1902  On July - 18 john White, composer, dies at 47   

1908  Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1915  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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1340  On this day in history birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on this day in history.   

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

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on July - 18.   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.   

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer