Famous Deaths In May - 11

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 MurgaÅ¡, 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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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.   

1654  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.