Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

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

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

0897  On this day in history 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  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.  

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on this day in history.  

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

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

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1456  Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 on this day in history.  

1464  On this day in history nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies  

1490  On this day in history french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25  

1494  Hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies on this day in history.  

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

1578  On August - 11 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 August - 11 death of hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)  

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

1794  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72 on August - 11.  

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  On August - 11 jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63  

1851  Death of Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1868  Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52 on August - 11.  

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

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

1613  On this day in history birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer  

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)  

1667  On August - 11 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  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.  

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