Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

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

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.   

1742  On this day in history francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70   

1772  On May - 11 death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged   

1777  Death of George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) on May - 11.   

1778  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on May - 11.   

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 May - 11 caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47   

1845  On this day in history karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14   

1848  On this day in history death of tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)   

1849  Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

1887  Death of Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802) on May - 11.   

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  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history william D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83   

1927  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

1939  On this day in history death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)   

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1568  On this day in history 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  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

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

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.   

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.