Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

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  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  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.   

1777  On May - 11 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)   

1778  On this day in history william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69   

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

1812  On this day in history death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)   

1819  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1848  On May - 11 death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)   

1849  On May - 11 carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38   

1857  On this day in history e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81   

1871  On May - 11 john Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history 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  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1929  On May - 11 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 May - 11.   

1937  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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