Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  Mahmud ghazan: Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  Matteo ricci: Italian missionary (china),   

1631  Christoph buel: Composer,   

1672  Charles seton: 2nd earl of dunfermline, english royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  Jules hardouin mansart: French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  Jean galbert de campistron: French dramatist (b. 1656)   

1742  Francesco stradivari: Ital violin maker/son of antonius,   

1772  Joseph kerckhoff: Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged   

1777  George pigot: Baron pigot, british governor of madras (b. 1719)   

1778  William pitt sr: English premier (1756-61, 66-68),   

1779  John heart: Us farmer (signed decl of independence),   

1812  Spencer perceval: Prime minister of the united kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)   

1819  Caspar furstenau: Composer,   

1845  Karoly filtsch: Composer,   

1848  Tom cribb: English boxer (b. 1781)   

1849  Carl otto ehrenfried nicolai: Composer,   

1857  E francois vidocq: French criminalogist/police officer,   

1871  John herschel: Cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars,   

1881  Henri-frederic amiel: Swiss/french writer (journal intime),   

1885  Ferdinand hiller: German pianist/composer/conductor,   

1887  Jean baptiste boussingault: French chemist (b. 1802)   

1891  A. e. becquerel: French physicist (b. 1820)   

1895  Feliks jaronski: Composer,   

1907  John albert delany: Composer,   

1916  Karl schwarzschild: German astronomer (s-effect),   

1917  Otto adolf klauwell: Composer,   

1920  William d howells: Us author (a woman's reason),   

1927  Henry martyn robert: (robert's rules of order),   

1929  Jozef murgaÅ¡: Slovak inventor (b. 1864)   

1934  Orest khvolson: Russian physicist (b. 1852)   

1935  Edward h thompson: Us archaeologist (mayan civilization),   

1937  Viliam figus: Composer,   

1938  Arnold sauwen: Flemish poet (hours of solitude),   

1939  Evgenii miller: Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)   

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1568  Christian i: Ruler of anhalt-bernburg (battle of white mountain)   

1571  Niwa nagashige: Japanese warlord   

1654  Cornelis van alkemade: Dutch historian   

1720  Karl friedrich hieronymus freiherr von münchhausen: German adventurer   

1722  Peter camper: Leyden holland, anatomist/professor (amsterdam)   

1731  Johann gottfried seyfert: Composer   

1733  Victoire of france: Daughter of king louis xv   

1752  Johann friedrich blumenbach: German anthropologist