Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I  

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.  

1121  On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)  

1226  On December - 11 death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)  

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.  

1282  Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on December - 11.  

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on December - 11.  

1532  On December - 11 death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)  

1573  Death of Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75  

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1595  Philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69 on December - 11.  

1610  On December - 11 death of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32  

1686  On this day in history louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65  

1694  Death of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630) on this day in history.  

1718  Death of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead on this day in history.  

1737  On this day in history death of john Strype, English historian (b. 1643)  

1747  Death of Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. ca. 1675) on December - 11.  

1748  On this day in history ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55  

1756  On December - 11 theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies  

1797  Death of Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722) on December - 11.  

1817  On this day in history max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34  

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1840  On December - 11 death of emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)  

1847  On December - 11 moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25  

1857  Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1872  Death of Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830) on December - 11.  

1880  Death of Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810) on this day in history.  

1891  On December - 11 johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies  

1892  Death of William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1899  On December - 11 andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle  

1902  Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68 on December - 11.  

1903  On December - 11 patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies  

1909  On this day in history death of innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)  

1911  Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92 on December - 11.  

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.  

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on this day in history.  

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)  

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

1676  On December - 11 birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer  

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)  

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.  

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.