Famous Deaths In July - 18

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

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on July - 18.   

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

1374  On this day in history francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on July - 18.   

1544  René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 on July - 18.   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on July - 18.   

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

1610  Death of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) on July - 18.   

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  Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 on July - 18.   

1695  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of françois de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)   

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

1792  Death of John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747) on this day in history.   

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

1831  On July - 18 thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

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

1854  On this day in history abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1863  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on July - 18.   

1872  Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 on July - 18.   

1884  On July - 18 death of ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)   

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  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  On this day in history alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79   

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

1908  On this day in history jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83   

1915  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1534  On July - 18 birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On July - 18 birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)   

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On July - 18 birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer