Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

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

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

1631  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on May - 11.   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1779  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on May - 11.   

1812  Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on May - 11.   

1819  On May - 11 caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47   

1845  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.   

1848  On May - 11 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  On May - 11 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 this day in history.   

1916  On May - 11 karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

1917  On this day in history otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 11 death of orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)   

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1571  On this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.   

1733  On May - 11 birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

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