Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  On May - 11 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  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

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

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged   

1777  On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)   

1778  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1779  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on May - 11.   

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

1819  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on May - 11.   

1845  On this day in history karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14   

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on this day in history.   

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

1857  E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 on May - 11.   

1871  On May - 11 john Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

1887  Death of Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1891  Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on May - 11.   

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

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.   

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66   

1920  On May - 11 william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1927  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on May - 11.   

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

1934  On this day in history death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)   

1935  On this day in history edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78   

1937  On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

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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  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)