Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  On May - 11 death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57   

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.   

1777  Death of George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1778  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68   

1812  On May - 11 death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)   

1819  On this day in history caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47   

1845  On May - 11 karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14   

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on May - 11.   

1849  On May - 11 carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38   

1857  E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1871  John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1881  Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 11 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73   

1887  On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)   

1891  On this day in history death of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)   

1895  Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 on May - 11.   

1907  On this day in history 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 May - 11.   

1920  On May - 11 william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1927  On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1929  On May - 11 death of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)   

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on May - 11.   

1935  On this day in history edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78   

1937  On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1939  Death of Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) on this day in history.   

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1568  On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

1571  Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

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 this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

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.