Famous Deaths In August - 11

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on this day in history.   

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.   

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on this day in history.   

0897  On this day in history death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on August - 11.   

1180  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

1183  On this day in history christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies   

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on this day in history.   

1253  On August - 11 death of clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)   

1394  On August - 11 jan III, mister of Polanen, dies   

1456  Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 on August - 11.   

1464  Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies on August - 11.   

1490  On this day in history french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25   

1494  On this day in history hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies   

1519  Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79 on this day in history.   

1522  Death of Martin Siebenborger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded on this day in history.   

1563  Death of Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500) on this day in history.   

1578  Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies on August - 11.   

1589  On this day in history maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49   

1596  Death of Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585) on August - 11.   

1614  On August - 11 death of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)   

1656  On August - 11 death of prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)   

1729  On August - 11 nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51   

1757  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 on August - 11.   

1774  Death of Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1794  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72 on August - 11.   

1813  Death of Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745) on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56   

1844  Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1851  Death of Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779) on August - 11.   

1852  On August - 11 nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70   

1854  On August - 11 death of macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)   

1860  On August - 11 death of james Wilson, politician   

1868  On August - 11 halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.   

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  On August - 11 birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer