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

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)  

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)  

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.  

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1779  On this day in history 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  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

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

1849  On this day in history carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38  

1857  On May - 11 e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81  

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 May - 11.  

1887  On May - 11 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  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54  

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on May - 11.  

1917  On May - 11 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 May - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.  

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)  

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  

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

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)