Famous Deaths In December - 18

0468  On December - 18 death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on December - 18.   

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  On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32   

1597  Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67 on December - 18.   

1633  Death of Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62 on December - 18.   

1638  Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies on this day in history.   

1651  Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 18 johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59   

1737  On this day in history antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93   

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

1779  On this day in history jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68   

1787  On December - 18 death of soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)   

1799  Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) on December - 18.   

1803  On December - 18 johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59   

1829  Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 on December - 18.   

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

1835  Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82 on December - 18.   

1839  Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60   

1843  Death of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748) on December - 18.   

1848  On December - 18 death of bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)   

1858  Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81 on December - 18.   

1862  Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 on December - 18.   

1865  On this day in history francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70   

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 December - 18.   

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.   

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

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

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.