Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

1777  Death of George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) on May - 11.  

1778  On May - 11 william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69  

1779  On May - 11 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 May - 11 caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47  

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  On May - 11 e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81  

1871  John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 on May - 11.  

1881  Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)  

1895  Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 on May - 11.  

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  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1920  On May - 11 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 May - 11.  

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

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

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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.