Famous Deaths In May - 11

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

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

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

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

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

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on this day in history.   

1777  Death of George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) on this day in history.   

1778  On May - 11 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  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 this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14   

1848  Death of Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) on May - 11.   

1849  Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history e Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81   

1871  On May - 11 john Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79   

1881  Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 on May - 11.   

1885  On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73   

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 this day in history.   

1916  Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies on this day in history.   

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  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on May - 11.   

1929  On this day in history death of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)   

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on this day in history.   

1935  On May - 11 edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78   

1937  On this day in history viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62   

1938  On this day in history 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  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  Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.   

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

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

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.