Famous Deaths Happened In February - 18

0814  Death of Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne on this day in history.   

0901  Death of Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) on this day in history.   

0999  On February - 18 gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies   

1139  On February - 18 death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on February - 18.   

1294  Death of Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) on February - 18.   

1379  Death of Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318) on February - 18.   

1397  Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 on February - 18.   

1405  On February - 18 death of tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on February - 18.   

1478  On February - 18 death of duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel   

1535  On February - 18 agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48   

1546  Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1564  On February - 18 michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), dies at 88   

1583  Death of Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history death of jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)   

1660  Death of Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62   

1712  On February - 18 duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies   

1718  Death of Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1745  Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1748  Death of Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) on this day in history.   

1772  On February - 18 death of johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)   

1778  Death of Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history death of kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)   

1788  Death of John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) on February - 18.   

1790  On this day in history wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1799  On this day in history maurus Haberhauer, composer, dies at 52   

1803  J W L Gleim, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1807  August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72   

1829  On this day in history jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77   

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1374  On February - 18 birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On this day in history birth of chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer   

1516  On this day in history birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) was born on February - 18.   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history birth of isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian   

1602  Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) was born on February - 18.