July 18

July 18 this year
in various calendars
July 18 this year; in various calendars
Saturday, 18 July 2026
Akan	Nkyimemene
Armenian	3 Aweleach 1475
Aztec	Quecholli 9, 8 Ōlīn
Babylonian	3 Du'uzu, 2337 SE
Balinese pawukon	Menga, Kajeng, Jaya, Umanis, Urukung, Saniscara of Pujut, Kala, Gigis, Sri
Bengali	3 Shrabon, BS 1433
Chinese	Yin Water Snake・Willow Mansion; Fire Horse Year, Month 6, Day 5; (Xiaoshu, 5 days until Dashu)
Common Era	18 July 2026 CE
Coptic	11 Epip, AM 1742
Egyptian	3 Choiak, 2775 NE
Ethiopian	11 Ḥamlē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät
French Republican	Décade III, Décadi de Messidor de l'Année 234 de la République
Gregorian	18 July, AD 2026
Hebrew	4 Av, AM 5786
Hindu	Pūrvaphalgunī・Vyatīpāta; Solar: 2 Śrāvaṇa, 1948 SE; Lunisolar: Caturthī, Śukla pakṣa of Āṣāḍha, 2083 VE; Rāudra・5127 KY・1,872,774
Icelandic	Laugardagur, 27 Sólmánuður 2026
Islamic	2 Safar, AH 1448; (using tabular method)
ISO week date	2026-W29-6
Japanese	5 Minazuki, Reiwa 8; (Shōsho, 5 days until Taisho)
Julian	5 July, AD 2026 (AM 7534)
Julian day	2461240
Korean	5 Yangdal, 4359 DE
Maya	13.0.13.13.17; 10 Xul, 8 Caban
Roman	ante diem III Nonas Iulias, MMDCCLXXIX AUC
Solar Hijri	27 Tir, SH 1405
Tibetan	4 chu stod, me pho rta; 2153 or 1772 or 1000
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July 18 in recent years
2026 (Saturday)
2025 (Friday)
2024 (Thursday)
2023 (Tuesday)
2022 (Monday)
2021 (Sunday)
2020 (Saturday)
2019 (Thursday)
2018 (Wednesday)
2017 (Tuesday)

July 18 is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 166 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.
387 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
362 – Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire.
452 – Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it.
645 – Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War.
1195 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo.
1216 – Election of pope Honorius III following the death of pope Innocent III two days prior.
1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England.
1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1389 – France and England agree to the Truce of Leulinghem, inaugurating a 13-year peace, the longest period of sustained peace during the Hundred Years' War.
1507 – In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, a year after inheriting the title.
1555 – The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.

1601–1900

1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136, in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after Trinity.
1806 – A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
1841 – Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
1857 – Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
1862 – First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
1870 – The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
1872 – The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.

1901–present

1914 – The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
1942 – World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
1942 – The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
1944 – World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
1966 – Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
1966 – A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
1968 – Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
1970 – An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.
1976 – Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
1979 – A landslide occurs on the Iliwerung volcano in Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that kills over 530 and leaves 700 missing.
1981 – A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four.
1982 – Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.
1984 – McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: James Oliver Huberty kills 21 people and injures 19 others before being shot dead by police.
1992 – A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
1994 – The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
1994 – Rwandan genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
1995 – On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufrière Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital, forcing most of the population to flee.
1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200 soldiers.
2002 – A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer crashes near Estes Park, Colorado, killing both crew members.
2012 – At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
2013 – The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.
2019 – A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing 36 people and injuring dozens of others.

Births

Pre-1600

1013 – Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1054)
1501 – Isabella of Austria, queen of Denmark (died 1526)
1504 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (died 1575)
1534 – Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (died 1583)
1552 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1612)

1601–1900

1634 – Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (died 1695)
1659 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (died 1743)
1670 – Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (died 1747)
1702 – Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polish noble (died 1735)
1718 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (died 1808)
1720 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (died 1793)
1724 – Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (died 1780)
1750 – Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland (died 1803)
1796 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1879)
1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (died 1863)
1818 – Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1896)
1821 – Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (died 1910)
1837 – Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (died 1873)
1842 – William D. Coleman, 13th President of Liberia (died 1908)
1843 – Virgil Earp, American marshal (died 1905)
1845 – Tristan Corbière, French poet (died 1875)
1848 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (died 1915)
1853 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)
1861 – Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)
1864 – Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937)
1867 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (died 1932)
1871 – Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (died 1958)
1871 – Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer (died 1946)
1872 – Julius Fučík, Czech composer and conductor of military bands (died 1916)
1881 – Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (died 1921)
1884 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (died 1979)
1886 – Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (died 1945)
1887 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (died 1945)
1889 – Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (died 1977)
1890 – Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)
1892 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (died 1969)
1893 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (died 1968)
1895 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (died 1991)
1895 – Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (died 1954)
1897 – Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer (died 1935)
1898 – John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (died 1979)
1899 – Ernst Scheller, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg (died 1942)
1900 – Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (died 1999)

1901–present

1902 – Jessamyn West, American author (died 1984)
1902 – Chill Wills, American actor (died 1978)
1906 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)
1906 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1963)
1908 – Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (died 1981)
1908 – Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 1944)
1908 – Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (died 1997)
1909 – Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic (died 1982)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1989)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (died 1978)
1909 – Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (died 1994)
1910 – Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (died 1989)
1910 – Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (died 2009)
1911 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1913 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (died 1997)
1914 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (died 2000)
1914 – Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (died 2004)
1915 – Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor (died 2006)
1915 – Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer (died 2010)
1916 – L. Patrick Gray, American lawyer and bureaucrat (died 2005)
1916 – Charles Kittel, American physicist (died 2019)
1917 – Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (died 2008)
1917 – Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (died 2019)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1919 – Lilia Dale, Italian actress (died 1991)
1920 – Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman (died 1982)
1921 – Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (died 2014)
1921 – Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2021)
1921 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (died 2016)
1921 – Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (died 2011)
1921 – Heinz Bennent, German actor (died 2011)
1922 – Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (died 1996)
1923 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and businessman (died 1997)
1923 – Michael Medwin, English actor (died 2020)
1924 – Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (died 2011)
1924 – Tullio Altamura, Italian actor
1925 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)
1925 – Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)
1925 – Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)
1925 – Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)
1926 – Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (died 1987)
1926 – Nita Bieber, American actress (died 2019)
1926 – Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor (died 2022)
1926 – Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter (died 2023)
1926 – Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (died 2001)
1927 – Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer (died 2012)
1927 – Kurt Masur, German conductor and educator (died 2015)
1927 – Antonio García-Trevijano, Spanish republican, political activist, and author (died 2018)
1927 – Keith MacDonald, Canadian politician (died 2021)
1927 – Anthony Mirra, American gangster, member of the Bonanno Crime Family (died 1982)
1928 – Andrea Gallo, Italian priest and author (died 2013)
1928 – Baddiewinkle, American internet personality (died 2025)
1929 – Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (died 2025)
1929 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 2000)
1932 – Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2017)
1933 – Jean Yanne, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1933 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright (died 2017)
1934 – Edward Bond, English director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1934 – Darlene Conley, American actress (died 2007)
1935 – Tenley Albright, American former figure skater and physician
1935 – Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya (died 2018)
1937 – Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (died 2005)
1938 – John Connelly, English footballer (died 2012)
1938 – Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player and manager (died 1985)
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1939 – Brian Auger, English rock and jazz keyboard player
1939 – Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
1940 – James Brolin, American actor
1940 – Joe Torre, American baseball player, manager, and executive
1941 – Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer (died 2024)
1941 – Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1941 – Martha Reeves, American singer and politician
1942 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (died 2006)
1942 – Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation
1943 – Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author
1943 – Don Awrey, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 – Calvin Peete, American golfer (12 PGA Tour titles) (died 2015)
1944 – David Hemery, English hurdler and author
1945 – Pat Doherty, Irish Republican politician
1946 – Kalpana Mohan, Indian actress (died 2012)
1947 – Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician
1948 – Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter
1948 – Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist (died 2016)
1948 – Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1949 – Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach
1950 – Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
1950 – Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic
1950 – Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
1950 – Glenn Hughes, American disco singer and actor (died 2001)
1950 – Shahid Khan, Pakistani-American businessman and sports executive
1950 – Jack Layton, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician (died 2011)
1950 – Mark Udall, American educator and politician
1951 – Elio Di Rupo, Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium
1951 – Margo Martindale, American actress
1954 – Ricky Skaggs, American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer
1955 – Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
1957 – Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
1957 – Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2022)
1960 – Simon Heffer, English journalist and author
1961 – Elizabeth McGovern, American actress
1961 – Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager
1961 – Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
1962 – Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgish skier
1963 – Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
1963 – Mike Greenwell, American baseball player (died 2025)
1964 – Wendy Williams, American talk show host
1965 – Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano
1966 – Dan O'Brien, American decathlete and coach
1967 – Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor
1968 – Scott Gourley, Australian rugby player
1969 – Elizabeth Gilbert, American author
1969 – The Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler and politician
1971 – Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Sukhwinder Singh, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
1971 – Joe Russo, American director, producer and screenwriter
1974 – Alan Morrison, British poet
1975 – Torii Hunter, American baseball player
1975 – Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – M.I.A., English rapper and producer
1976 – Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress
1976 – Go Soo-hee, South Korean actress
1977 – Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess player and author
1977 – Kelly Reilly, English actress
1978 – Adabel Guerrero, Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer
1978 – Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player and sportscaster
1978 – Crystal Mangum, American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case
1978 – Joo Sang-wook, South Korean actor
1978 – Ben Sheets, American baseball player and coach
1978 – Mélissa Theuriau, French journalist
1979 – Deion Branch, American football player
1979 – Joey Mercury, American wrestler and producer
1980 – Kristen Bell, American actress
1980 – David Blu, American–Israeli basketball player
1980 – Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress
1981 – Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player
1981 – Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor
1982 – Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer
1982 – Carlo Costly, Honduran footballer
1983 – Mishaal Al-Saeed, Saudi Arabian footballer
1983 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1983 – Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete
1983 – Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer
1984 – Ben Askren, American mixed martial artist and boxer
1985 – Chace Crawford, American actor
1985 – Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
1985 – James Norton, English actor
1986 – Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer
1987 – Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player
1988 – Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer
1988 – César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
1989 – Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer
1989 – Yohan Mollo, French footballer
1990 – Canelo Álvarez, Mexican boxer
1991 – Mandy Rose, American wrestler and television personality
1991 – Eugenio Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player
1992 – Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
1993 – Lee Tae-min, South Korean singer and actor
1993 – Michael Lichaa, Australian rugby league player
1994 – Nilo Soares, East Timorese footballer
1996 – Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter
1996 – Smriti Mandhana, Indian cricketer
1996 – Shudufhadzo Musida, Miss South Africa 2020
1997 – Bam Adebayo, American basketball player
1997 – Noah Lyles, American sprinter
1997 – Fionn Whitehead, English actor
1999 – Miro Heiskanen, Finnish ice hockey player
2000 – Sarah Kinsley, American singer-songwriter
2001 – Agustina Roth, Argentine BMX rider
2006 – Caleb Wilson, American basketball player
2007 – Cameron Boozer, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

707 – Emperor Monmu of Japan (born 683)
715 – Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general (born 695)
912 – Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (born 852)
924 – Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (born 855)
928 – Stephen II, patriarch of Constantinople
984 – Dietrich I, bishop of Metz
1100 – Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight (born 1016)
1185 – Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala (born before 1143)
1194 – Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (born c. 1150)
1232 – John de Braose, Marcher Lord of Bramber and Gower
1270 – Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
1300 – Gerard Segarelli, Italian religious leader, founded the Apostolic Brethren (born 1240)
1450 – Francis I, Duke of Brittany (born 1414)
1488 – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (born 1432)
1566 – Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish bishop and historian (born c.1484)
1591 – Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (born 1550)

1601–1900

1608 – Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1546)
1610 – Caravaggio, Italian painter (born 1571)
1639 – Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (born 1604)
1650 – Robert Levinz, English Royalist, hanged in London by Parliamentary forces as a spy (born 1615)
1695 – Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (born 1634)
1698 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (born 1633)
1721 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (born 1684)
1730 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (born 1644)
1756 – Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1683)
1792 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (born 1747)
1817 – Jane Austen, English novelist (born 1775)
1837 – Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (born 1777)
1863 – Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (born 1837)
1872 – Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806)
1884 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (born 1829)
1890 – Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (born 1827)
1892 – Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (born 1808)
1899 – Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (born 1832)

1901–present

1916 – Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (born 1835)
1925 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (born 1840)
1932 – Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (born 1855)
1937 – Julian Bell, English poet and academic (born 1908)
1938 – Marie of Romania (born 1875)
1944 – Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1870)
1947 – Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)
1948 – Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (born 1877)
1949 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (born 1870)
1949 – Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (born 1905)
1950 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (born 1885)
1952 – Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (born 1862)
1954 – Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (born 1895)
1966 – Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
1968 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1969 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (born 1940)
1973 – Jack Hawkins, English actor (born 1910)
1975 – Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (born 1941)
1981 – Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (born 1890)
1982 – Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (born 1896)
1984 – Lally Bowers, English actress (born 1914)
1984 – Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
1987 – Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (born 1907)
1988 – Nico, German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (born 1938)
1988 – Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (born 1924)
1989 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player (born 1954)
1989 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American model and actress (born 1967)
1990 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (born 1896)
1990 – Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (born 1897)
2001 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
2002 – Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (born 1924)
2004 – André Castelot, Belgian-French historian and author (born 1911)
2004 – Émile Peynaud, French wine maker (born 1912)
2005 – Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (born 1976)
2005 – William Westmoreland, American general (born 1914)
2006 – Henry Hewes, American theater writer (born 1917)
2007 – Jerry Hadley, American tenor (born 1952)
2007 – Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (born 1908)
2009 – Henry Allingham, English soldier (born 1896)
2009 – Jill Balcon, English actress (born 1925)
2012 – Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)
2012 – Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)
2012 – Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1947)
2012 – Assef Shawkat, Syrian general and politician (born 1950)
2012 – Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1935)
2012 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (born 1942)
2013 – Vaali, Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (born 1931)
2013 – Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and academic (born 1953)
2014 – Andreas Biermann, German footballer (born 1980)
2014 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (born 1941)
2014 – Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
2015 – Alex Rocco, American actor (born 1936)
2015 – Buddy Buie, American songwriter, producer and publisher (born 1941)
2018 – Jonathan Gold, American food critic (born 1960)
2018 – Adrian Cronauer, American radio personality (born 1938)
2021 – Tom O'Connor, English comedian (born 1939)
2023 – Oommen Chandy, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1943)
2024 – Lou Dobbs, American political commentator and television host (born 1945)
2024 – Abner Haynes, American football player (born 1937)
2024 – Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (born 1929)
2025 – Edwin Feulner, American political scientist (born 1941)
2026 – Chen Gang, Chinese composer (born 1935)
2026 – Zdeněk Chovanec, Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese racing driver (born 2004)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Arnulf of Metz
- Bruno of Segni
- Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only)
- Eadburh (or Edburga) of Bicester
- Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England)
- Frederick of Utrecht
- Maternus of Milan
- Pambo
- Philastrius
- Symphorosa
- Theodosia of Constantinople
- July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Uruguay)
Nelson Mandela International Day

References

↑ Livy, VI.1; Plutarch, Camillus IX; Tacitus, Histories II.91; Ovid gives a different date of 13 February in the Fasti, II.195-6
↑ An alternative year of 390 BC was traditionally favoured
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