Famous Deaths In August - 11

0353  On this day in history death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)  

0449  On this day in history death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople  

0480  On this day in history death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)  

0897  On August - 11 death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona  

1171  On this day in history louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies  

1180  On August - 11 guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies  

1183  On this day in history christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

1204  On August - 11 death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)  

1253  On August - 11 death of clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)  

1394  On August - 11 jan III, mister of Polanen, dies  

1456  Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 on August - 11.  

1464  On August - 11 nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies  

1490  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25 on this day in history.  

1494  On this day in history hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies  

1519  On August - 11 johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79  

1522  On August - 11 death of martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded  

1563  On August - 11 death of bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500)  

1578  Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies on August - 11.  

1589  On August - 11 maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49  

1596  On August - 11 death of hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)  

1614  On August - 11 death of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)  

1656  Death of Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599) on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51  

1757  On August - 11 jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67  

1774  On August - 11 death of tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)  

1794  On this day in history jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72  

1813  On August - 11 death of henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)  

1820  Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1844  Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 on August - 11.  

1851  On this day in history death of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)  

1852  Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history death of macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)  

1860  On this day in history death of james Wilson, politician  

1868  On August - 11 halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52  

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1467  On August - 11 birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)  

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.  

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer  

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)  

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on August - 11.  

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)  

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.