Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

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 this day in history death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona  

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on this day in history.  

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on this day in history.  

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

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on August - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1589  Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49 on August - 11.  

1596  Death of Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585) on this day in history.  

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 August - 11.  

1729  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51 on August - 11.  

1757  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 on August - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1860  Death of James Wilson, politician on this day in history.  

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

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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  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.  

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.  

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.  

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.  

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.