Famous Deaths In August - 11

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

0449  On August - 11 death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople  

0480  On August - 11 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  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on August - 11.  

1183  On this day in history 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  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  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  Hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies on this day in history.  

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

1522  Death of Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

1578  On this day in history 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  Death of Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585) on August - 11.  

1614  On August - 11 death of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)  

1656  On this day in history death of prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)  

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  On August - 11 death of tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)  

1794  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1813  Death of Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745) on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 11.  

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

1868  On this day in history halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52  

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.  

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

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 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.