Deaths

History Deaths on May 18

By  Ana Ruiz  18 May   76 Views

History Deaths on May 18

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Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)

#Gustav_Mahler

In 1911

Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)

#Louis-Napoléon_Casault

In 1908

Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)

#Charles_Hardy

In 1780

Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)

#Hal_Chase

In 1947

Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)

#Frank_Walsh

In 1968

Eric Jedvardsson (King Eric IX) of Sweden (since 1156); (b. circa 1120)

#Eric_IX_of_Sweden

In 1160

Vladislaus II of Opole (b. 1332)

#Vladislaus_II_of_Opole

In 1401

Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921)

#Chukwuedu_Nwokolo

In 2014

Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)

#Mary_McLeod_Bethune

In 1955

Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)

#Betty_Robinson

In 1999

Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)

#Steve_Forrest_(actor)

In 2013

Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637)

#Jacques_Marquette

In 1675

Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)

#Augustus_Pablo

In 1999

Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)

#Jill_Ireland

In 1990

Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)

#Jacob_Fichman

In 1958

John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)

#John_Douglas_(bishop_of_Salisbury)

In 1807

Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (b. 1926)

#Raymond_Gosling

In 2015

Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)

#Túpac_Amaru_II

In 1781

George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)

#George_Meredith

In 1909

Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)

#Obaidullah_Aleem

In 1998

Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)

#Elizabeth_Montgomery

In 1995

Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)

#Lionel_Kieseritzky

In 1853

Stephen I of Constantinople (b. 867)

#Stephen_I_of_Constantinople

In 893

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)

#Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes

In 2007

Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)

#Pierre_Beaumarchais

In 1799

Dobrica ?osi?, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)

#Dobrica_?osi?

In 2014

Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

#Pauline_Viardot

In 1910

Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)

#Elias_Ashmole

In 1692

Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (b. 1929)

#Hans-Peter_Dürr

In 2014

Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)

#Alexander_Suvorov

In 1800

Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)

#Aleksei_Balabanov

In 2013

Stanis?aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623)

#Stanis?aw_Lubieniecki

In 1675

Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)

#Werner_Sombart

In 1941

Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)

#Halldór_Ásgrímsson

In 2015

Lothar Schmid, German chess player (b. 1928)

#Lothar_Schmid

In 2013

Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498)

#Jean,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine

In 1550

Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946)

#Wubbo_Ockels

In 2014

Chris Cornell, American singer (b. 1964)

#Chris_Cornell

In 2017

William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)

#William_Saroyan

In 1981

Roger Ailes, American businessman (b. 1940)

#Roger_Ailes

In 2017

Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)

#Maurice_Tate

In 1956

Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

#Elijah_Craig

In 1808

Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)

#Elvin_Jones

In 2004

Jaan Eilart, Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933)

#Jaan_Eilart

In 2006

Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (b. 1916)

#Jacque_Fresco

In 2017

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

#Charles_Louis_Alphonse_Laveran

In 1922

Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)

#Harry_Ricardo

In 1974

Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)

#Clarkson_Frederick_Stanfield

In 1867

Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)

#Jo_Benkow

In 2013

Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)

#Jeannette_Rankin

In 1973

Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)

#Kaiketsu_Masateru

In 2014

Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)

#Isabella_Glyn

In 1889

Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)

#Félix_Ravaisson-Mollien

In 1900

Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)

#Arthur_O'Connell

In 1981

Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)

#Isaac_Albéniz

In 1909

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)

#Eliza_Orzeszkowa

In 1910

Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption: Reid Blackburn, American photographer and journalist (b. 1952) David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (b. 1949)

#1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens

In 1980

?nishiki Daigor?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)

#?nishiki_Daigor?

In 1943

Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (b. 1946)

In 2015

T. J. Moran, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930)

In 2015

David McMillan, American football player (b. 1981)

In 2013

Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (b. 1927)

In 2012

Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (b. 1967)

In 2012

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)

In 2012

Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954)

In 2009

Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (b. 1942)

In 2008

Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (b. 1911)

In 2008

Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)

In 2001

Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)

In 2000

Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)

In 1995

Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)

In 1995

Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)

In 1995

Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)

In 1989

Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)

In 1987

Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

In 1980

Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)

In 1975

Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)

In 1971

Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)

In 1963

Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)

In 1844

Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)

In 1795

Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)

In 1792

Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)

In 1733

Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)

In 1721

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (b. 1486)

In 1551

Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1352)

In 1410

Nicholas Longespee, Bishop of Salisbury

In 1297

Minna of Worms, Jewish martyr killed during the Worms massacre (1096)

In 1096

Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine (b. c. 1003)

In 1065

Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine

In 978

Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty

In 947

Ma Shaohong, general of Later Tang

In 932

Pope John I (b. 470)

In 526

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History Deaths on May 18

By  Ana Ruiz  18 May   76 Views

History Deaths on May 18

---

Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)

#Gustav_Mahler

In 1911

Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)

#Louis-Napoléon_Casault

In 1908

Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)

#Charles_Hardy

In 1780

Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)

#Hal_Chase

In 1947

Frank Walsh, Australian politician, 34th Premier of South Australia (b. 1897)

#Frank_Walsh

In 1968

Eric Jedvardsson (King Eric IX) of Sweden (since 1156); (b. circa 1120)

#Eric_IX_of_Sweden

In 1160

Vladislaus II of Opole (b. 1332)

#Vladislaus_II_of_Opole

In 1401

Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921)

#Chukwuedu_Nwokolo

In 2014

Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)

#Mary_McLeod_Bethune

In 1955

Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)

#Betty_Robinson

In 1999

Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)

#Steve_Forrest_(actor)

In 2013

Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637)

#Jacques_Marquette

In 1675

Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)

#Augustus_Pablo

In 1999

Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)

#Jill_Ireland

In 1990

Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)

#Jacob_Fichman

In 1958

John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)

#John_Douglas_(bishop_of_Salisbury)

In 1807

Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (b. 1926)

#Raymond_Gosling

In 2015

Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)

#Túpac_Amaru_II

In 1781

George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)

#George_Meredith

In 1909

Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)

#Obaidullah_Aleem

In 1998

Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)

#Elizabeth_Montgomery

In 1995

Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)

#Lionel_Kieseritzky

In 1853

Stephen I of Constantinople (b. 867)

#Stephen_I_of_Constantinople

In 893

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)

#Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes

In 2007

Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)

#Pierre_Beaumarchais

In 1799

Dobrica ?osi?, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)

#Dobrica_?osi?

In 2014

Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

#Pauline_Viardot

In 1910

Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)

#Elias_Ashmole

In 1692

Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (b. 1929)

#Hans-Peter_Dürr

In 2014

Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)

#Alexander_Suvorov

In 1800

Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)

#Aleksei_Balabanov

In 2013

Stanis?aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623)

#Stanis?aw_Lubieniecki

In 1675

Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)

#Werner_Sombart

In 1941

Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)

#Halldór_Ásgrímsson

In 2015

Lothar Schmid, German chess player (b. 1928)

#Lothar_Schmid

In 2013

Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498)

#Jean,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine

In 1550

Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946)

#Wubbo_Ockels

In 2014

Chris Cornell, American singer (b. 1964)

#Chris_Cornell

In 2017

William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)

#William_Saroyan

In 1981

Roger Ailes, American businessman (b. 1940)

#Roger_Ailes

In 2017

Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)

#Maurice_Tate

In 1956

Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)

#Elijah_Craig

In 1808

Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)

#Elvin_Jones

In 2004

Jaan Eilart, Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933)

#Jaan_Eilart

In 2006

Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (b. 1916)

#Jacque_Fresco

In 2017

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

#Charles_Louis_Alphonse_Laveran

In 1922

Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)

#Harry_Ricardo

In 1974

Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)

#Clarkson_Frederick_Stanfield

In 1867

Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)

#Jo_Benkow

In 2013

Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)

#Jeannette_Rankin

In 1973

Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)

#Kaiketsu_Masateru

In 2014

Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)

#Isabella_Glyn

In 1889

Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)

#Félix_Ravaisson-Mollien

In 1900

Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)

#Arthur_O'Connell

In 1981

Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)

#Isaac_Albéniz

In 1909

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)

#Eliza_Orzeszkowa

In 1910

Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption: Reid Blackburn, American photographer and journalist (b. 1952) David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (b. 1949)

#1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens

In 1980

?nishiki Daigor?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)

#?nishiki_Daigor?

In 1943

Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (b. 1946)

In 2015

T. J. Moran, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930)

In 2015

David McMillan, American football player (b. 1981)

In 2013

Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (b. 1927)

In 2012

Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (b. 1967)

In 2012

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)

In 2012

Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954)

In 2009

Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (b. 1942)

In 2008

Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (b. 1911)

In 2008

Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)

In 2001

Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)

In 2000

Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)

In 1995

Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)

In 1995

Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)

In 1995

Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)

In 1989

Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)

In 1987

Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

In 1980

Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)

In 1975

Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)

In 1971

Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)

In 1963

Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)

In 1844

Robert Rogers, English colonel (b. 1731)

In 1795

Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)

In 1792

Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)

In 1733

Maria Barbara Carillo, victim of the Spanish Inquisition (b.1625)

In 1721

Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (b. 1486)

In 1551

Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1352)

In 1410

Nicholas Longespee, Bishop of Salisbury

In 1297

Minna of Worms, Jewish martyr killed during the Worms massacre (1096)

In 1096

Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine (b. c. 1003)

In 1065

Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine

In 978

Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty

In 947

Ma Shaohong, general of Later Tang

In 932

Pope John I (b. 470)

In 526

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