Famous Deaths In August - 11

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on this day in history.  

0449  On this day in history death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople  

0480  On August - 11 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  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  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on August - 11.  

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  On this day in history jan III, mister of Polanen, dies  

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1456  On August - 11 janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49  

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 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  Death of Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded on August - 11.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 August - 11.  

1757  On August - 11 jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67  

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

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  On this day in history janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56  

1844  On August - 11 jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63  

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

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

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

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 August - 11 birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)  

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

1613  On August - 11 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  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.  

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)  

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.