Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on August - 11.  

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  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on August - 11.  

1180  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies  

1183  On August - 11 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  Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1490  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25 on August - 11.  

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

1519  On this day in history johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79  

1522  On this day in history death of martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded  

1563  Death of Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500) on August - 11.  

1578  Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1774  Death of Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722) on August - 11.  

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

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

1820  On August - 11 janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56  

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  On this day in history nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70  

1854  Death of Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798) on August - 11.  

1860  On August - 11 death of james Wilson, politician  

1868  Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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1467  On this day in history birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)  

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on August - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1673  On August - 11 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  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.