Famous Deaths In May - 11
Friday, 26 July 2024
1304 On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)
1610 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.
1631 On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57
1672 On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
1708 On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
1723 On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
1742 Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.
1772 Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778 On May - 11 william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 On this day in history john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68
1812 Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on May - 11.
1819 Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1845 Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.
1848 On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
1849 On May - 11 carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38
1857 On May - 11 e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81
1871 On this day in history john Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1881 On this day in history henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on May - 11.
1887 On May - 11 death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
1891 On May - 11 death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
1895 On this day in history feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
1907 John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.
1916 On May - 11 karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.
1920 On this day in history william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83
1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on May - 11.
1929 On May - 11 death of jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 On May - 11 death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)
1935 On this day in history edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1937 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.
1938 On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
1939 Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on May - 11.
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