Famous Deaths In July - 18

0640  On July - 18 arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58   

0715  On July - 18 death of muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)   

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

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

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 this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on July - 18.   

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

1639  Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies on July - 18.   

1642  On this day in history willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies   

1650  On this day in history christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36   

1721  Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1735  Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1792  Death of John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747) on July - 18.   

1817  On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on July - 18.   

1833  On July - 18 joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63   

1854  On July - 18 abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1863  On this day in history 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  Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1898  On July - 18 emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62   

1899  On this day in history horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies   

1901  Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79 on July - 18.   

1902  On this day in history john White, composer, dies at 47   

1908  Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1915  On July - 18 george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on July - 18.   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.   

1504  On this day in history birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  On this day in history birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on July - 18.   

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

1635  On this day in history birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on this day in history.