Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
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 Murgaš, 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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