Famous Deaths In May - 11

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

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

1631  On May - 11 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  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)  

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.  

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

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  

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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 May - 11.  

1845  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.  

1848  On May - 11 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  On this day in history 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 May - 11.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 11 henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90  

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

1934  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on May - 11.  

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on May - 11.  

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.  

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.  

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.  

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.  

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)