Famous Deaths In May - 18
Thursday, 17 October 2024
0526 John I, Pope (523-26), dies on May - 18.
1160 Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on this day in history.
1401 Death of Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 on this day in history.
1410 Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on May - 18.
1450 Death of Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) on this day in history.
1550 Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on May - 18.
1551 Death of Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) on May - 18.
1584 Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on May - 18.
1587 Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.
1625 Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies on this day in history.
1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1675 On this day in history jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37
1692 Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies on May - 18.
1724 On this day in history johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
1733 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.
1780 Death of Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland on this day in history.
1781 Death of Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) on this day in history.
1799 On May - 18 pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies
1800 Death of Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729) on this day in history.
1807 On May - 18 death of john Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721)
1808 On May - 18 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49
1829 Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1832 Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 on May - 18.
1844 Death of Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780) on May - 18.
1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF on May - 18.
1862 William H Keim, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48 on this day in history.
1864 On May - 18 james Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41
1889 On May - 18 death of isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823)
1900 On this day in history death of jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813)
1909 On this day in history george Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81
1910 Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 on May - 18.
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