Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  On this day in history death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

0999  On this day in history gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  Death of Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  On this day in history death of albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)   

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

1405  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on February - 18.   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on this day in history.   

1478  On this day in history death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

1535  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48 on February - 18.   

1546  On this day in history martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62   

1564  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88 on February - 18.   

1583  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on this day in history.   

1654  On February - 18 death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)   

1660  On this day in history death of judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried   

1683  On February - 18 nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

1712  Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history death of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)   

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on February - 18.   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1748  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on this day in history.   

1772  On February - 18 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

1778  Death of Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) on February - 18.   

1780  On this day in history death of kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)   

1788  On February - 18 death of john Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)   

1790  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1799  On this day in history maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  On this day in history j W L Gleim, writer, dies   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on February - 18.   

1817  On February - 18 giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

1829  Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1374  Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399) was born on February - 18.   

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

1486  On February - 18 birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  On February - 18 birth of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)   

1559  Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian was born on February - 18.   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.