Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

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 December - 11.   

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

1282  On this day in history death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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

1573  Death of Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged on December - 11.   

1582  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 on December - 11.   

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

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  Death of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630) on December - 11.   

1718  On December - 11 death of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead   

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

1747  On this day in history death of edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. ca. 1675)   

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

1756  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies on December - 11.   

1797  On this day in history death of richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)   

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

1831  On this day in history john George Schetky, composer, dies at 55   

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

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on December - 11.   

1857  On this day in history francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73   

1872  On this day in history death of kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830)   

1880  Death of Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810) on December - 11.   

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

1892  On this day in history death of william Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)   

1899  Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on December - 11.   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.   

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

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