Famous Deaths Happened In July - 18

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

0715  On this day in history death of muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)   

1100  Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies on July - 18.   

1374  On this day in history francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69   

1488  Death of Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history rené van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25   

1591  Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1608  Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) on July - 18.   

1639  On this day in history bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies   

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

1650  On this day in history christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74   

1695  Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 on July - 18.   

1698  Death of Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) on July - 18.   

1710  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1721  On July - 18 jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies   

1730  On this day in history death of françois de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)   

1735  Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 on July - 18.   

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

1817  On this day in history jane Austen, writer, dies   

1831  On July - 18 thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72   

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

1854  On July - 18 abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41   

1863  On this day in history william Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29   

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  On July - 18 thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83   

1894  On July - 18 leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75   

1898  Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1899  Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies on July - 18.   

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

1902  On July - 18 john White, composer, dies at 47   

1908  Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 on July - 18.   

1915  George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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1340  On this day in history birth of philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders   

1501  Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526) was born on July - 18.   

1504  On this day in history birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)   

1534  On July - 18 birth of zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)   

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

1634  Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91) was born on this day in history.   

1635  On July - 18 birth of robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)   

1670  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer