Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.   

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.   

1133  On this day in history death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  On December - 18 death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)   

1495  On December - 18 death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62   

1577  Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32 on December - 18.   

1597  On this day in history barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67   

1633  Death of Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on this day in history.   

1638  On December - 18 le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies   

1651  On this day in history francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54   

1692  On this day in history death of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)   

1710  Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1732  Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59 on December - 18.   

1737  Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 on this day in history.   

1751  Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 on December - 18.   

1779  Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 on December - 18.   

1787  On this day in history death of soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)   

1799  On December - 18 death of jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)   

1803  Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 on December - 18.   

1829  On this day in history jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85   

1831  Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 on December - 18.   

1835  On this day in history johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82   

1839  On this day in history charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75   

1841  Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60 on December - 18.   

1843  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on this day in history.   

1848  Death of Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781) on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81   

1862  Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1865  Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70 on December - 18.   

1869  On this day in history louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40   

1892  On December - 18 richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on December - 18.   

1620  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  On this day in history birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.