Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

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

0480  On August - 11 death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)  

0897  Death of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona on August - 11.  

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

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on August - 11.  

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.  

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

1253  Death of Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194) on this day in history.  

1394  Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies on August - 11.  

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1456  On this day in history janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49  

1464  Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies on August - 11.  

1490  On August - 11 french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25  

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

1519  Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79 on August - 11.  

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

1563  Death of Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500) on this day in history.  

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

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

1596  On this day in history death of hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)  

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

1656  On August - 11 death of prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)  

1729  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1757  On this day in history jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67  

1774  On this day in history death of tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)  

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

1813  Death of Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745) on August - 11.  

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

1844  Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1851  Death of Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779) on August - 11.  

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

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

1860  On August - 11 death of james Wilson, politician  

1868  On this day in history halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52  

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.  

1600  On this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer  

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.  

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

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)  

1673  On this day in history birth of richard Mead, London, physician  

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

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer