Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.   

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

1226  On December - 11 death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.   

1282  On this day in history death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on December - 11.   

1532  On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)   

1573  On December - 11 death of alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged   

1582  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

1595  Philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69 on December - 11.   

1610  Death of Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 on this day in history.   

1686  Louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65 on December - 11.   

1694  On this day in history death of ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)   

1718  Death of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead on December - 11.   

1737  Death of John Strype, English historian (b. 1643) on December - 11.   

1747  On December - 11 death of edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. ca. 1675)   

1748  On December - 11 ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55   

1756  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 11 death of richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)   

1817  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34   

1831  On December - 11 john George Schetky, composer, dies at 55   

1840  Death of Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) on December - 11.   

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73   

1872  On this day in history death of kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830)   

1880  Death of Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810) on December - 11.   

1891  On this day in history johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies   

1892  Death of William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821) on December - 11.   

1899  Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle on December - 11.   

1902  On December - 11 matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68   

1903  On December - 11 patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies   

1909  On December - 11 death of innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)   

1911  On this day in history thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.   

1475  On December - 11 birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.