Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.  

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

1183  On August - 11 christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

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

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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  On this day in history 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  On August - 11 johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79  

1522  On August - 11 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 August - 11.  

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

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 this day in history jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72  

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

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  On August - 11 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  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 this day in history birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer  

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

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on August - 11.  

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.  

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.  

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.