Famous Deaths In December - 11

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

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on this day in history.  

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on this day in history.  

1226  On this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)  

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 this day in history.  

1524  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake  

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

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

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

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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 December - 11.  

1686  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1756  On December - 11 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  On this day in history death of emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)  

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on this day in history.  

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

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

1902  On this day in history matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68  

1903  Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies on December - 11.  

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

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

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1465  On December - 11 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  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)  

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

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

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

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

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