Famous Deaths In May - 11
Thursday, 28 September 2023
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 May - 11.
1672 Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.
1708 On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
1723 On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
1742 On May - 11 francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70
1772 On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1777 Death of George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) on May - 11.
1778 On May - 11 william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 On May - 11 john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68
1812 Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on this day in history.
1819 On May - 11 caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
1845 On this day in history karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
1848 Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on May - 11.
1849 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on May - 11.
1857 On May - 11 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 Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
1887 Death of Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) on this day in history.
1891 On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
1895 Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 on May - 11.
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 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 Murgaš, 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 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 On this day in history death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
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