Famous Deaths Happened In October - 11
Saturday, 07 February 2026
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history. 

0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on October - 11. 

1188 Death of Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on this day in history. 

1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11. 

1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on October - 11. 

1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 

1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on this day in history. 

1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on this day in history. 

1617 On this day in history franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 

1666 On October - 11 henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies 

1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on October - 11. 

1708 Death of Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651) on October - 11. 

1721 Death of Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636) on October - 11. 

1725 Death of Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639) on this day in history. 

1779 On October - 11 casimir Pulaski, General, dies 

1809 Death of Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35 on this day in history. 

1811 Death of Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724) on this day in history. 

1812 Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-gen (Suriname), dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1821 Death of John Ross Key, American judge and lawyer (b. 1754) on this day in history. 

1837 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 on this day in history. 

1839 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88 on this day in history. 

1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 on October - 11. 

1852 Death of Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823) on October - 11. 

1889 On this day in history death of james Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) 

1891 On October - 11 death of charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland 

1896 Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1897 On October - 11 leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35 

1917 On this day in history harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies 

1925 Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71 on October - 11. 

1933 On this day in history josef Hofmiller, writer, dies 

1935 Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for S Africa), dies on this day in history. 

1940 On October - 11 death of lluÃs Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882) 

1942 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 on October - 11. 

1958 J R Becher, writer, dies at 67 on October - 11. 

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