Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history 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 May - 11 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 this day in history 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  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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 May - 11 karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14  

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

1849  On this day in history carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38  

1857  E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1871  John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

1891  On May - 11 death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

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

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.  

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

1927  On May - 11 henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90  

1929  On this day in history death of jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)  

1934  On this day in history 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  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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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.  

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

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  

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

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

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

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)