Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.  

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

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

1672  On May - 11 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  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.  

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  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 May - 11.  

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1779  On May - 11 john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68  

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  On May - 11 karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14  

1848  On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)  

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 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 May - 11 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73  

1887  On May - 11 death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)  

1891  Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1895  Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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

1934  On May - 11 death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)  

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

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.  

1938  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.  

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

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 this day in history.