Famous Deaths In August - 11

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on August - 11.  

0449  On August - 11 death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople  

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on this day in history.  

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

1171  On August - 11 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 this day in history death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)  

1253  Death of Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194) on August - 11.  

1394  Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies on this day in history.  

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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  On August - 11 french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25  

1494  On August - 11 hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies  

1519  Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79 on this day in history.  

1522  Death of Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded on this day in history.  

1563  On this day in history death of bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500)  

1578  On this day in history pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies  

1589  Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49 on this day in history.  

1596  Death of Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585) on August - 11.  

1614  Death of Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552) on August - 11.  

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 this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67  

1774  Death of Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722) on this day in history.  

1794  On August - 11 jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72  

1813  Death of Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745) on this day in history.  

1820  Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56 on August - 11.  

1844  On this day in history jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63  

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

1852  Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 on August - 11.  

1854  Death of Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

1860  On August - 11 death of james Wilson, politician  

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

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.  

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer  

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer  

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on this day in history.  

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  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.  

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