Saturday, July 10, 2010

Famous Deaths on 11 Jul

Famous Deaths on 11 Jul

1174 - King Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
1183 - Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
1302 - Robert II of Artois, French soldier (b. 1250)
1535 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
1581 - Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
1679 - William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
1688 - King Narai of Siam (b. 1629)
1766 - Elizabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain (b. 1692)
1774 - Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer
1775 - Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1797 - Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)
1806 - James Smith, American signer of the Declaration of Independence
1825 - Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
1844 - Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
472 - Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
937 - King Rudolph II of Burgundy
969 - Olga of Kiev

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