Famous Deaths In May - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1304 Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.
1610 On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
1631 Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.
1672 On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
1708 Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.
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 May - 11.
1777 On this day in history death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778 William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on May - 11.
1779 John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on May - 11.
1812 On May - 11 death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)
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 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on May - 11.
1857 E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history john Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1881 Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 on May - 11.
1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on May - 11.
1887 On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
1891 Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on this day in history.
1895 On this day in history feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
1907 On May - 11 john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54
1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.
1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1920 William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on May - 11.
1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history death of jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 On this day in history 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 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
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