Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

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

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

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

1282  On December - 11 llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

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

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 December - 11.   

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 December - 11.   

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

1748  Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 on December - 11.   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history death of oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)   

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 December - 11.   

1899  On this day in history andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle   

1902  Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies   

1909  Death of Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855) on December - 11.   

1911  On this day in history thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92   

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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 December - 11.   

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

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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  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 this day in history.