What happened on October 18 ?

707 - Pope John VII

1035 - Sancho III of Navarre

1101 - Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)

1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria

1417 - Pope Gregory XII

1503 - Pope Pius III (b. 1439)

1545 - John Taverner, English composer

1558 - Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1505)

1564 - Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520)

1570 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (b. 1517)

1604 - Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)

1646 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)

1667 - Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia

1678 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (b. 1593)

1739 - Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)

1744 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, English friend of Anne of England (b. 1660)

1770 - John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)

1775 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)

1817 - Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, French composer (b. 1763)

1886 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796)

1871 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (b. 1791)

1893 - Charles Gounod, French composer (b. 1818)

1911 - Alfred Binet, French psychologist (b. 1857)

1921 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

1931 - Thomas Edison, American inventor (b. 1847)

1942 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)

1948 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)

1959 - Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete

1961 - Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892)

1973 - Leo Strauss, Jewish-American Philosopher (b. 1899)

1975 - Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)

1982 - Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)

1982 - Dwain Esper, American film director (b. 1892)

1983 - Willie Jones, baseball player (b. 1925)

2000 - Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)

2000 - Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress (b. 1925)

2001 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)

2002 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (b. 1932)

2002 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950)

2003 - Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939)

2003 - Preston Smith, Governor of Texas (b. 1912)

2004 - Veerappan, Indian bandit and smuggler (b. 1945)

2005 - John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931)