Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.   

1777  Death of George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1778  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on May - 11.   

1779  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1812  Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on May - 11.   

1819  On this day in history caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47   

1845  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.   

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on May - 11.   

1849  On May - 11 carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38   

1857  On this day in history e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81   

1871  John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 on May - 11.   

1881  On May - 11 henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59   

1885  Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on May - 11.   

1887  On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)   

1891  On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)   

1895  On this day in history feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71   

1907  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

1916  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1927  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1929  Death of Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on May - 11.   

1934  On May - 11 death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)   

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 11 viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on May - 11.   

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.