Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.  

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.  

1631  On May - 11 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 this day in history.  

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.  

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70  

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.  

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  

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

1812  On May - 11 death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)  

1819  On this day in history 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  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  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 May - 11.  

1891  Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on May - 11.  

1895  On May - 11 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 May - 11 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 Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)  

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on May - 11.  

1935  On May - 11 edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78  

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer  

1733  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)  

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.