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  On July - 18 godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies   

1374  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1591  On July - 18 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 July - 18 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  Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1698  Death of Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) on this day in history.   

1710  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies   

1730  On July - 18 death of françois de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)   

1735  Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 on July - 18.   

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

1817  Jane Austen, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

1833  Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1863  On July - 18 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 July - 18.   

1884  Death of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829) on July - 18.   

1892  On this day in history thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83   

1894  Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 on July - 18.   

1898  Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62 on July - 18.   

1899  Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies on this day in history.   

1901  Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1902  John White, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1915  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 on July - 18.   

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1340  Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders was born on this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on July - 18.   

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on July - 18.   

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 July - 18.   

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer