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Who died on December 18
109 figures who shaped history died on December 18.
- 109deaths
- 39events
Best known
Best known
Edith of Wessex
Queen of England from 1045 to 1066
Pierre Cauchon
15th-century Catholic bishop of Beauvais, France
Alfonso II of Naples
King of Naples from 1494 to 1495
Anna of Saxony
German noblewoman
Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff
German statesman and scholar
Antonio Stradivari
Italian luthier
Edith of Wessex — Queen of England from 1045 to 1066, who died on December 18 1075.
Pierre Cauchon — 15th-century Catholic bishop of Beauvais, France, who died on December 18 1442.
Alfonso II of Naples — King of Naples from 1494 to 1495, who died on December 18 1495.
Anna of Saxony — German noblewoman, who died on December 18 1577.
Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff — German statesman and scholar, who died on December 18 1692.
Antonio Stradivari — Italian luthier, who died on December 18 1737.
All entries
- 919LLady Wu (Qian Liu's wife)
- 933YYaonian Yanmujin10th-century empress dowager of the Liao dynasty
- 1133HHildebertName list
- 1290
Magnus LadulåsKing of Sweden from 1275 to 1290 - 1645
Nur JahanPadshah Begum of the Mughal Empire - 1651WWilliam Brabazon, 1st Earl of MeathAnglo-Irish peer
- 1787
Soame JenynsEnglish writer - 1799
Jean-Étienne MontuclaFrench mathematician and historian - 1803
Johann Gottfried HerderGerman philosopher, theologian, poet - 1829
Jean-Baptiste LamarckFrench naturalist - 1843
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron LynedochBritish Army officer and politician - 1848
Bernard BolzanoBohemian polymath - 1864
José Justo CorroPresident of Mexico from 1836 to 1837
- 1869
Louis Moreau GottschalkAmerican composer and pianist - 1880
Michel ChaslesFrench mathematician - 1892
Richard OwenEnglish biologist and palaeontologist - 1919
John Alcock (RAF officer)British aviator - 1922
Sir Carl Meyer, 1st BaronetBritish banker and mining magnate - 1925
Hamo ThornycroftEnglish sculptor - 1932
Eduard BernsteinGerman politician and theorist - 1936
Andrija MohorovičićCroatian seismologist and geophysicist - 1939
Ernest LawsonCanadian-American painter - 1961LLeo ReismanAmerican violinist and bandleader
- 1969
Charles DvorakAmerican track and field athlete - 1971
Bobby Jones (golfer)American amateur golfer - 1971
Diana LynnAmerican actress
- 1972
Neilia Hunter BidenFirst wife of President Joe Biden - 1973
Rasheed TurabiPakistani religious scholar and philosopher - 1974
Harry HooperAmerican baseball player - 1975
Theodosius DobzhanskyRussian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist - 1977
Michio NishizawaJapanese baseball player - 1977
Louis UntermeyerAmerican poet - 1980
Dobriša CesarićCroatian poet and translator - 1980
Alexei KosyginSoviet politician - 1982
Hans-Ulrich RudelGerman military officer - 1985
Xuân DiệuVietnamese poet, journalist, and literary critic - 1987
Conny PlankGerman record producer and musician - 1988NNiyazi BerkesTurkish Cypriot academic and sociologist
- 1990
Anne RevereAmerican actress - 1990
Paul TortelierFrench cellist and composer - 1990JJoseph ZubinAmerican physician
- 1991
George AbecassisBritish racing driver - 1992
Mark GoodsonAmerican TV producer - 1993HHelm GlöcklerGerman racing driver
- 1993
Sam WanamakerAmerican actor and director - 1994RRoger ApéryFrench mathematician
- 1994
Lilia SkalaAmerican actress
- 1995BBrian BrocklessEnglish composer, organist and conductor
- 1995RRoss Thomas (author)American writer
- 1995
Konrad ZuseGerman computer scientist and engineer - 1996
Yulii KharitonRussian physicist and scientist - 1996
Irving CaesarAmerican composer and lyricist - 1997
Chris FarleyAmerican comedian and actor - 1998
Lev DyominSoviet cosmonaut - 1999
Robert BressonFrench filmmaker - 2000SStan FoxAmerican racing driver
- 2000
Randolph Apperson HearstAmerican businessman - 2000
Kirsty MacCollBritish singer and songwriter - 2001
Gilbert BécaudFrench singer, composer, pianist and actor - 2001DDimitris Dragatakis
- 2001MMarcel MuleFrench classical saxophonist
- 2002NNecip HablemitoğluTurkish historian
- 2002
Ray HnatyshynGovernor General of Canada from 1990 to 1995 - 2002
Wayne OwensAmerican politician - 2002
Lucy GrealyAmerican poet - 2004AAnthony SampsonBritish writer and journalist
- 2005AAlan VoorheesAmerican engineer
- 2006
Joseph BarberaAmerican animator and cartoonist - 2006
Ruth BernhardGerman-born American photographer - 2006SShaukat SiddiquiPakistani writer
- 2007HHans BillianGerman film director
- 2007GGerald Le DainFormer judge of the Supreme Court of Canada
- 2007
William StraussAmerican author - 2007
Alan WagnerAmerican journalist - 2008
Majel BarrettAmerican actress - 2008
Mark FeltAmerican law enforcement officer - 2010
Phil CavarrettaAmerican baseball player and manager - 2010
Jacqueline de RomillyFrench philologist, classical scholar and writer - 2010
Tommaso Padoa-SchioppaItalian banker and economist - 2010JJames PicklesEnglish barrister and circuit judge
- 2011
Václav HavelLast president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic - 2012FFrank MacchiarolaAmerican academic
- 2012
Mustafa Ould SalekMauritanian politician - 2012JJim WhalenAmerican football player
- 2012
Anatoliy Zayayev - 2013
Ken HutchersonAmerican football player and Christian pastor - 2013
Graham Mackay (businessman)South African businessman - 2014
Donald J. AlbostaAmerican politician - 2014
Gideon Ben-YisraelIsraeli politician - 2014
Larry HenleyAmerican musician - 2014
Virna LisiItalian actress - 2014
Mandy Rice-DaviesWelsh model and showgirl - 2014
Robert Simpson (meteorologist)Meteorologist - 2015LLuc BrewaeysBelgian musician
- 2015
Helge Solum LarsenNorwegian politician
- 2016
Zsa Zsa GaborHungarian-American socialite and actress - 2017
JonghyunSouth Korean singer-songwriter - 2020
Jerry RelphAmerican politician - 2021
Sayaka KandaJapanese actress - 2024
Slim DunlapAmerican guitarist and singer-songwriter - 2024
John Marsden (writer)Australian writer and educator - 2025
Jim HuntAmerican politician - 2025
Osman HadiBangladeshi politician and activist
Frequently asked questions
Who died on December 18?
109 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 18, including Edith of Wessex, Pierre Cauchon, Alfonso II of Naples. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on December 18?
39 documented historical events happened on December 18, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism. On the same day, in another year: Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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