Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1724  Death of Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685) on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73   

1785  On this day in history death of louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)   

1796  On this day in history catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1797  Death of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) on November - 18.   

1814  On November - 18 death of william Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)   

1822  On November - 18 anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66   

1827  On this day in history wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24   

1841  On this day in history georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1851  Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 on November - 18.   

1852  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on November - 18.   

1883  On this day in history wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies   

1886  Chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56 on November - 18.   

1887  On November - 18 eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81   

1889  William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68 on November - 18.   

1904  Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies on November - 18.   

1911  Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies on November - 18.   

1917  On this day in history henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43   

1918  Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies   

1922  Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 on November - 18.   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on November - 18.   

1946  On November - 18 donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86   

1950  On November - 18 gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.   

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer