Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.  

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.  

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.  

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 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  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.  

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

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

Advertisements

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 May - 11.  

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

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

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

1849  Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on May - 11.  

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

1871  On this day in history 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  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  Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1895  Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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 Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on this day in history.  

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

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.  

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

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on May - 11.  

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  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 May - 11.  

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

1731  On this day in history 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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.