Historical Events In December - 11

0359  Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office on this day in history.  

0384  On December - 11 st Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

0384  On December - 11 pope Damasus I  

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42  

1282  On December - 11 llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies  

1419  Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence on December - 11.  

1475  On December - 11 leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)  

1477  On December - 11 duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie  

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

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer on this day in history.  

1572  On December - 11 spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem  

1573  On December - 11 alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged  

1582  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 on December - 11.  

1595  On December - 11 philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69  

1602  On December - 11 a surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. Commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.  

1610  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 on this day in history.  

1618  On December - 11 russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino  

1620  103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (12/21 NS) on this day in history.  

1665  "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna on December - 11.  

1676  On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer  

1686  On December - 11 louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65  

1688  On this day in history king James II arrested  

1710  On this day in history battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers)  

1712  On this day in history francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1718  On December - 11 battle at Frederikshall Norway  

1718  Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead on this day in history.  

1719  First recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England) on December - 11.  

1719  1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England) on this day in history.  

1730  Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris on December - 11.  

1748  Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1756  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies on December - 11.  

1757  Charles Wesley, composer on December - 11.  

1758  On December - 11 carl Friedrich Zelter, composer  

1781  David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope) on December - 11.  

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1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)  

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on December - 11.  

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1709  On this day in history birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)  

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.  

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.  

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.  

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on this day in history.  

1121  On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)  

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  Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on this day in history.  

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.  

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