Famous Deaths Happened In May - 11

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

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

1708  On May - 11 death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

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

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  William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 11.   

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 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  Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 on May - 11.   

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

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  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  On May - 11 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81   

1939  On May - 11 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 this day in history birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)   

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

1720  On May - 11 birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)   

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

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

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

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