Famous Deaths In May - 11
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
1304 Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.
1610 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.
1631 Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1672 On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
1708 On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
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 this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1777 On May - 11 death of george Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
1778 On this day in history william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 On this day in history john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68
1812 Death of Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762) on May - 11.
1819 Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1845 Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.
1848 Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on this day in history.
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 On May - 11 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 this day in history.
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 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 May - 11.
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 May - 11 henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
1929 On this day in history death of jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
1934 Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on May - 11.
1935 Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1937 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.
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 May - 11.
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