Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11
Thursday, 11 December 2025
1304 On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) 

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

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

1672 On this day in history 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 On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) 

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 On this day in history 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. 

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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history 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 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 On this day in history feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 

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

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

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 May - 11 henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 

1929 Death of Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on this day in history. 

1934 On this day in history death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) 

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

1937 On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 

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 this day in history. 

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