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Who died on February 18
56 figures who shaped history died on February 18.
- 56deaths
- 51events
Best known
Best known
Yaropolk II of Kiev
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1132 to 1139
Berthold V of Zähringen
Duke of Zähringen
Kublai Khan
Emperor of Yuan China from 1271 to 1294
Albert II of Mecklenburg
Duke of Mecklenburg from 1347 to 1379
Enguerrand VII de Coucy
14th-century French nobleman
Fra Angelico
Italian friar and painter (c. 1395 – 1455)
Yaropolk II of Kiev — Grand Prince of Kiev from 1132 to 1139, who died on February 18 1139.
Berthold V of Zähringen — Duke of Zähringen, who died on February 18 1218.
Kublai Khan — Emperor of Yuan China from 1271 to 1294, who died on February 18 1294.
Albert II of Mecklenburg — Duke of Mecklenburg from 1347 to 1379, who died on February 18 1379.
Enguerrand VII de Coucy — 14th-century French nobleman, who died on February 18 1397.
Fra Angelico — Italian friar and painter (c. 1395 – 1455), who died on February 18 1455.
All entries
- 675
Colmán of Lindisfarne7th-century Bishop of Lindisfarne and saint - 814AAngilbert8th- and 9th-century Frankish poet, diplomat and saint
- 901TThābit ibn QurraMedieval Sabian scholar (c. 830–901)
- 999AAD 999Calendar year
- 1225
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of NorfolkNorman noble (c. 1183–1225) - 1478
George Plantagenet, Duke of ClarenceEnglish magnate - 1502
Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of BavariaDuchess consort of Bavaria-Landshut
- 1535
Heinrich Cornelius AgrippaGerman occult writer - 1546
Martin LutherGerman priest, theologian and author - 1564
MichelangeloItalian artist and architect - 1654
Jean-Louis Guez de BalzacFrench writer of epistolary essays - 1658JJohn Villiers, Viscount PurbeckEnglish courtier
- 1683
Nicolaes Pieterszoon BerchemDutch painter - 1695
William PhipsTreasure hunter, military officer and colonial administrator - 1712
Louis, Duke of BurgundyHeir apparent to the French throne - 1743
Anna Maria Luisa de' MediciLast lineal descendant of the House of Medici - 1748
Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und TraunAustrian Generalfeldmarschall - 1772
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von BernstorffGerman-Danish statesman - 1778
Joseph Marie TerrayFrench politician - 1780
Kristijonas DonelaitisPrussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor - 1788
John WhitehurstEnglish clockmaker and scientist - 1803
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig GleimGerman Enlightenment poet - 1851
Carl Gustav Jacob JacobiGerman mathematician - 1873
Vasil LevskiBulgarian revolutionary - 1880
Nikolay ZininRussian chemist
- 1893
Serranus Clinton HastingsAmerican judge and politician - 1902
Charles Lewis TiffanyAmerican businessman and jeweller - 1910
Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)African-American activist - 1915
Frank JamesAmerican outlaw, Confederate guerrilla, and train robber - 1933
James J. CorbettAmerican boxer - 1938
David King UdallAmerican politician - 1956
Gustave CharpentierFrench composer - 1960
Gertrude Vanderbilt (actress)American stage actress - 1966
Grigory NelyubovSoviet cosmonaut - 1967
J. Robert OppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist - 1969
Dragiša CvetkovićYugoslav politician - 1977
Andy DevineAmerican actor - 1981
Jack NorthropAircraft industrialist and designer, founder of Northrop Corporation - 1982
Ngaio MarshNew Zealand crime writer and theatre director - 2001
BalthusFrench artist - 2001
Dale EarnhardtAmerican racing driver - 2014
Mavis GallantCanadian writer - 2014
Maria Franziska von TrappMember of Trapp Family Singers - 2015
Elchanan HeilprinSlovak-born English rabbi - 2019
Alessandro MendiniItalian designer and architect - 2020
Flavio BucciItalian actor - 2025
Gene HackmanAmerican actor - 2025GGerald RidsdaleAustralian laicised Catholic priest and sex offender
- 2025
Hurricane (dog)American Secret Service canine - 2026
Borislav ParavacBosnian Serb politician
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Who died on February 18?
56 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 18, including Yaropolk II of Kiev, Berthold V of Zähringen, Kublai Khan. 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 February 18?
51 documented historical events happened on February 18, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began. On the same day, in another year: Northern Crusades: The Battle of Wesenberg (depicted) took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia. 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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