Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

1631  On this day in history christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

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  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

1779  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1812  Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on this day in history.   

1819  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on May - 11.   

1845  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.   

1848  On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)   

1849  On May - 11 carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38   

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 May - 11.   

1881  On this day in history henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59   

1885  On May - 11 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73   

1887  On this day in history 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 May - 11.   

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

1916  On May - 11 karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

1917  On May - 11 otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66   

1920  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)   

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on May - 11.   

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

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

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

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)