Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

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  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.   

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.   

1779  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1845  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1907  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

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

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  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1934  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

1939  On May - 11 death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)   

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

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  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 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)