Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.   

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

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  On May - 11 death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)   

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

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

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

1881  On May - 11 henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59   

1885  Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on May - 11.   

1887  Death of Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on May - 11.   

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.   

1920  On May - 11 william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1927  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)   

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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)   

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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  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

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

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

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