Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

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

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

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

1777  On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)   

1778  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on May - 11.   

1779  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

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

1819  On this day in history caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47   

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

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on May - 11.   

1849  Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on May - 11.   

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  Death of Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

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  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 MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  On May - 11 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  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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.