Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

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

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  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.  

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70  

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

1777  On May - 11 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)  

1778  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1812  On this day in history death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)  

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

1845  On this day in history karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14  

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

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

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  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 May - 11.  

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

1895  On May - 11 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 May - 11.  

1917  On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66  

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

1927  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90  

1929  On May - 11 death of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)  

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

1935  On this day in history edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78  

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

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

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

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.