Historical Events In July - 11

1866  On this day in history r Beer-Hofmann, writer   

1868  On this day in history j C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate   

1871  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Farmers' Party) on July - 11.   

1873  American whisky traders massacre group of Assiniboines; Cypress Hills Massacre forces the Government to send police to the Canadian West on July - 11.   

1874  On this day in history xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54   

1876  Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1882  On July - 11 british fleet bombs Alexandria   

1882  On this day in history eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday   

1885  On July - 11 roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter   

1888  118ø F (48ø C), Bennett, Colorado (state record) on this day in history.   

1888  On July - 11 pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall   

1888  On this day in history 118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)   

1888  Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer (Verfassungslehre) on July - 11.   

1889  Tijuana in Mexico becomes a city on this day in history.   

1889  Alfred E Green, Perris CA, director (Copacabana, Jolson Story) on July - 11.   

1889  On July - 11 gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet, dies at 34   

1890  Japan holds her first political elections on July - 11.   

1890  Arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II) on this day in history.   

1892  US Patent Office says J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp on this day in history.   

1892  Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer on July - 11.   

1893  On this day in history the first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.   

1893  On this day in history jack Durston, cricketer (England fast bowler against Australia 1921)   

1894  Walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], US producer (Stagecoach) on this day in history.   

1895  First motion picture is shown in Paris by the Lumiere brothers on this day in history.   

1895  Auguste & Louis Lumière show film for scientists on this day in history.   

1896  Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 on July - 11.   

1897  On July - 11 solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole   

1897  Blind Lemon Jefferson, rocker on July - 11.   

1898  On July - 11 hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO (Committee of Watchfulness)   

1898  On this day in history charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies   

1899  On this day in history the birth of E. B. White, American writer   

1899  E B White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style) on July - 11.   

1900  Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys & Lincolns on July - 11.   

1901  L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma on this day in history.   

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1274  On July - 11 birth of robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29)   

1366  On this day in history birth of anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)   

1540  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg was born on July - 11.   

1558  On July - 11 birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  On July - 11 birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)   

1603  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history birth of frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)   

0155  On July - 11 pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  Death of Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire on July - 11.   

0937  On this day in history death of king Rudolph II of Burgundy   

0969  On this day in history death of olga of Kiev   

1174  On July - 11 amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

1183  Death of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.   

1302  On July - 11 jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on this day in history.