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  On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

1282  Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on December - 11.   

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.   

1573  Death of Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged on this day in history.   

1582  On December - 11 fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75   

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 December - 11.   

1686  On December - 11 louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65   

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

1718  On this day in history death of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead   

1737  On December - 11 death of john Strype, English historian (b. 1643)   

1747  Death of Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. ca. 1675) on December - 11.   

1748  Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1756  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies on December - 11.   

1797  On this day in history death of richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)   

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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

1840  On this day in history death of emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)   

1847  On this day in history moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25   

1857  On December - 11 francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73   

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

1880  On December - 11 death of oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810)   

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

1892  On this day in history death of william Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821)   

1899  On this day in history andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle   

1902  On this day in history matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68   

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

1909  On this day in history death of innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855)   

1911  Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

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

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

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