Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

1678  On November - 18 giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36   

1724  Death of Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685) on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73   

1785  Death of Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1797  Death of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1814  On November - 18 death of william Jessop, British civil engineer (b. 1745)   

1822  On November - 18 anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66   

1827  Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1851  Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 on November - 18.   

1852  Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60 on November - 18.   

1883  Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies on this day in history.   

1886  Chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56 on this day in history.   

1887  On November - 18 eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81   

1889  On this day in history william Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68   

1904  On November - 18 justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies   

1911  On this day in history alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies   

1917  On this day in history henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43   

1918  On this day in history reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies   

1919  On November - 18 ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies   

1922  Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on November - 18.   

1950  Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.   

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer