Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on this day in history.  

0711  On December - 11 justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42  

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.  

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  On December - 11 death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.  

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

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.  

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.  

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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 December - 11 louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65  

1694  On this day in history death of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)  

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

1737  On December - 11 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 this day in history theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies  

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

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on December - 11.  

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

1840  Death of Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) on December - 11.  

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

1857  Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 on December - 11.  

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

1880  On December - 11 death of oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)  

1891  On this day in history 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  Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1902  On December - 11 matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68  

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 this day in history.  

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)  

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.  

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

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.  

1709  On this day in history birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)  

1712  On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.