Famous Deaths In March - 11

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on March - 11.  

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on March - 11.  

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on March - 11.  

1198  On March - 11 death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)  

1486  On this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71  

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.  

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on March - 11.  

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer  

1607  Death of Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer on March - 11.  

1715  On this day in history jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80  

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1722  Death of John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670) on March - 11.  

1759  On this day in history death of john Forbes, British general (b. 1710)  

1772  George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1786  Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28 on this day in history.  

1787  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 on March - 11.  

1807  Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1820  On March - 11 benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81  

1826  On March - 11 gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66  

1833  On March - 11 fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71  

1851  On this day in history death of george McDuffie, Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)  

1854  On March - 11 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

1856  On March - 11 death of james Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820)  

1857  Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1863  Death of Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) on March - 11.  

1869  On this day in history death of vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1803)  

1870  On this day in history death of king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho  

1874  Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1894  John Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58  

1898  On this day in history death of william Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819)  

1900  On March - 11 edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies  

1907  Death of Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered on March - 11.  

1908  Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83 on March - 11.  

1915  Death of Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826) on March - 11.  

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.  

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer  

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)  

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher  

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer  

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer  

1725  On March - 11 birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)  

1731  On March - 11 birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)