Famous Deaths Happened In July - 18

0640  Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 on July - 18.   

0715  Death of Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) on this day in history.   

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on this day in history.   

1374  On July - 18 francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on July - 18.   

1544  On July - 18 rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

1591  On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40   

1608  On this day in history joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61   

1610  On July - 18 death of michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573)   

1639  Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies on this day in history.   

1642  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies on this day in history.   

1650  On July - 18 christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74   

1695  Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history death of johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633)   

1710  On July - 18 michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36   

1721  Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1730  Death of François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) on this day in history.   

1735  On July - 18 johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83   

1792  Death of John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747) on July - 18.   

1817  On July - 18 jane Austen, writer, dies   

1831  Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on July - 18.   

1833  Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1863  William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 on July - 18.   

1872  Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 on July - 18.   

1884  On July - 18 death of ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)   

1892  Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83 on July - 18.   

1894  Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 on July - 18.   

1898  On July - 18 emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62   

1899  On July - 18 horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies   

1901  On July - 18 alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79   

1902  John White, composer, dies at 47 on July - 18.   

1908  On July - 18 jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83   

1915  On July - 18 george William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53   

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1340  On July - 18 birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  On this day in history birth of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)   

1504  Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575) was born on July - 18.   

1534  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)   

1635  Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) was born on this day in history.   

1670  Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer was born on this day in history.