Famous Deaths In July - 18

0640  Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 on July - 18.   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.   

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

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

1488  On July - 18 death of alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on July - 18.   

1591  On July - 18 jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  On July - 18 joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61   

1610  On July - 18 death of michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573)   

1639  On this day in history bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies   

1642  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies on July - 18.   

1650  Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

1710  On July - 18 michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36   

1721  On this day in history jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies   

1730  Death of François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) on this day in history.   

1735  On July - 18 johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83   

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

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

1831  On this day in history thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

1833  On this day in history joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63   

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

1863  On July - 18 william Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29   

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  On this day in history thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83   

1894  On this day in history leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75   

1898  Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1899  Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies on this day in history.   

1901  On July - 18 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  On this day in history george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53   

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1340  On July - 18 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 July - 18.   

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

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)   

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

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On July - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer