Historical Events In December - 11

1783  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet   

1792  On this day in history france's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason   

1793  On this day in history pietro Coppola, composer   

1797  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 on December - 11.   

1801  Grabbe, writer on December - 11.   

1803  On this day in history the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer   

1810  On this day in history alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)   

1812  1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser) on December - 11.   

1816  On December - 11 citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders   

1816  Indiana becomes 19th state on December - 11.   

1817  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34   

1823  Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer on December - 11.   

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner   

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

1843  On this day in history robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)   

1844  First dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on December - 11.   

1844  On this day in history 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct   

1847  On this day in history moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25   

1849  On December - 11 ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)   

1855  On December - 11 julian Edwards, composer   

1856  On this day in history georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist   

1857  Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 on December - 11.   

1863  Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification) on December - 11.   

1866  On December - 11 first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean   

1866  1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean on December - 11.   

1868  On December - 11 ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

1872  First black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history 1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)   

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag) on December - 11.   

1876  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer on December - 11.   

1882  Boston's Bijou Theatre, first American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, first performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" on this day in history.   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)   

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On December - 11 justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.   

1226  On this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.   

1282  On December - 11 death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)