Famous Deaths In December - 11

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  On December - 11 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.   

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 December - 11.   

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

1610  On December - 11 death of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32   

1686  On this day in history 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 December - 11 death of charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead   

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

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

1748  On this day in history 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  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1880  Death of Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810) on this day in history.   

1891  Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies on December - 11.   

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

1899  Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1902  Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68 on December - 11.   

1903  Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

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  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)