Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies  

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  

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

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

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1777  On May - 11 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

1778  On May - 11 william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69  

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

1812  On May - 11 death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)  

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

1845  On May - 11 karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14  

1848  On May - 11 death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

1849  Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On May - 11 death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)  

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

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on May - 11.  

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

1920  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 death of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)  

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

1935  On May - 11 edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78  

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

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

1939  On May - 11 death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)  

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

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.  

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  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)