Historical Events In June - 11

1726  On June - 11 cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier  

1727  On June - 11 george I becomes the new King of England  

1740  Luigi Gatti, composer on this day in history.  

1742  Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove on this day in history.  

1764  On June - 11 christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74  

1766  On June - 11 elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73  

1770  Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef on June - 11.  

1770  Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia on June - 11.  

1774  On June - 11 jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army  

1775  On June - 11 egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67  

1776  On June - 11 the birth of John Constable, English painter  

1776  On this day in history continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence  

1776  John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain) on this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history first British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

1788  On this day in history 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

1793  1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick on June - 11.  

1798  On June - 11 napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta.  

1807  James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882 on June - 11.  

1808  On this day in history charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882  

1808  Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83 on June - 11.  

1811  On June - 11 charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82  

1816  On June - 11 gas Light Co of Baltimore founded  

1816  On June - 11 robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1822  Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889 on this day in history.  

1823  James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on this day in history.  

1825  On June - 11 the first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.  

1825  Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54 on June - 11.  

1828  Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74 on June - 11.  

1829  Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic) on June - 11.  

1837  The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans on this day in history.  

1838  Iowa Territory is organized on this day in history.  

1840  On June - 11 henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser  

1842  Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician on June - 11.  

1847  Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement) on this day in history.  

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1403  On June - 11 birth of john IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)  

1456  On this day in history birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)  

1540  On June - 11 birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)  

1572  Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist) was born on June - 11.  

1588  On June - 11 birth of george Wither, English writer (d. 1667)  

1672  On this day in history birth of francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer  

1696  On this day in history birth of francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)  

1697  On June - 11 birth of francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist  

0323  Death of Alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June) on June - 11.  

1183  Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155) on this day in history.  

1216  On June - 11 hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies  

1249  Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on this day in history.  

1488  James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle on June - 11.  

1557  Death of King John III of Portugal (b. 1502) on June - 11.  

1560  On June - 11 marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44