Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

1610  On May - 11 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies  

1631  On May - 11 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 this day in history 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 May - 11 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  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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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  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on May - 11.  

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

1881  Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 on May - 11.  

1885  On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73  

1887  On May - 11 death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)  

1891  On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

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

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.  

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

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

1929  Death of Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on May - 11.  

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

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

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on May - 11.  

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.  

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.  

1720  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)  

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.  

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.  

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.  

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