Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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  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  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 May - 11.  

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1779  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1845  On May - 11 karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1891  Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies  

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

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

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

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

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.  

1720  On May - 11 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  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

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

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