Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on May - 11.   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged   

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 this day in history.   

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

1812  On this day in history death of spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)   

1819  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on May - 11.   

1845  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on this day in history.   

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38   

1857  E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 on May - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1885  Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1891  Death of A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820) on May - 11.   

1895  On this day in history feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71   

1907  John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 on May - 11.   

1916  On this day in history karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies   

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  On May - 11 henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90   

1929  Death of Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on May - 11.   

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

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

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

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

1720  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

1752  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)