Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)  

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 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  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  

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

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 this day in history.  

1812  Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on this day in history.  

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  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 May - 11.  

1871  John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 on May - 11.  

1881  On May - 11 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  On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)  

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  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.  

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.  

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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 May - 11 death of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)  

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on this day in history.  

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.  

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

1938  On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81  

1939  On this day in history death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)  

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

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.  

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  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 11.