Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.  

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  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.  

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.  

1573  On December - 11 death of alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged  

1582  On December - 11 fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75  

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1595  On December - 11 philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69  

1610  Death of Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 on this day in history.  

1686  Louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65 on December - 11.  

1694  On December - 11 death of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)  

1718  Death of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead on December - 11.  

1737  Death of John Strype, English historian (b. 1643) on December - 11.  

1747  Death of Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. ca. 1675) on this day in history.  

1748  On December - 11 ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55  

1756  On this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies  

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

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on December - 11.  

1840  Death of Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) on this day in history.  

1847  On this day in history moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25  

1857  On December - 11 francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73  

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  Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies on this day in history.  

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  On December - 11 matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68  

1903  Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies on this day in history.  

1909  On December - 11 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 this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)  

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.  

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer  

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

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1725  On this day in history birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)