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 this day in history.   

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 May - 11.   

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on May - 11.   

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 May - 11.   

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

1777  On this day in history 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  John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on May - 11.   

1812  On May - 11 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  Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 on May - 11.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1887  On May - 11 death of jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)   

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

1895  On May - 11 feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71   

1907  On this day in history john Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54   

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

1917  Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on May - 11.   

1920  William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1927  Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 on May - 11.   

1929  Death of Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1934  Death of Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852) on May - 11.   

1935  Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 on May - 11.   

1937  Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 on May - 11.   

1938  Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 on May - 11.   

1939  On this day in history death of evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)   

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1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.   

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

1654  On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1731  On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

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.