Famous Deaths In May - 11
Friday, 31 March 2023
1304 Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.
1610 On this day in history 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 May - 11 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 this day in history 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 William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.
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 May - 11 karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
1848 On May - 11 death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
1849 On this day in history carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.
1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.
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 On this day in history death of jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 On this day in history 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 May - 11 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)
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »