Famous Deaths In November - 18

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On this day in history death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

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 November - 18.   

1678  Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36 on November - 18.   

1724  Death of Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685) on November - 18.   

1771  On November - 18 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  Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1797  Death of Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) on November - 18.   

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

1822  Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1827  On November - 18 wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24   

1841  On November - 18 georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77   

1851  Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60   

1883  On this day in history wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies   

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

1887  Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1889  On November - 18 william Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68   

1904  Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies on this day in history.   

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

1917  On November - 18 henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43   

1918  Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies on November - 18.   

1919  Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies on this day in history.   

1922  Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 on November - 18.   

1929  On this day in history henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.