Famous Deaths In February - 18

0814  On February - 18 death of angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne   

0901  On February - 18 death of thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)   

0999  Gregory V, [Bruno] 1st German Pope, dies on February - 18.   

1139  On this day in history death of prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)   

1217  Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1294  On this day in history death of kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)   

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

1397  On February - 18 enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56   

1405  Death of Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336) on February - 18.   

1455  Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies on this day in history.   

1478  Death of Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel on February - 18.   

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  On this day in history death of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)   

1587  Death of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [OS=Feb 8] on February - 18.   

1654  Death of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594) on February - 18.   

1660  Death of Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried on February - 18.   

1683  Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at 62 on February - 18.   

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

1718  On February - 18 death of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)   

1743  Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) on February - 18.   

1745  On February - 18 nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67   

1748  On February - 18 death of otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)   

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 February - 18.   

1780  Death of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1788  Death of John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1790  On February - 18 wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, dies at 67   

1799  On February - 18 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  Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72 on February - 18.   

1829  On February - 18 jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77   

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1374  On this day in history birth of saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)   

1404  On February - 18 birth of leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)   

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

1516  On February - 18 birth of mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)   

1530  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)   

1543  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) was born on February - 18.   

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 this day in history.