Historical Events In December - 11

1783  On this day in history max von Schenkendorf, German poet  

1792  On December - 11 france's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason  

1793  Pietro Coppola, composer on December - 11.  

1797  On December - 11 hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878  

1801  On this day in history grabbe, writer  

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

1810  On December - 11 alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)  

1812  On this day in history 1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)  

1816  Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders on this day in history.  

1816  On December - 11 indiana becomes 19th state  

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

1823  On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer  

1831  On this day in history john George Schetky, composer, dies at 55  

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM on December - 11.  

1836  On December - 11 jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner  

1838  On this day in history emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)  

1840  On December - 11 kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)  

1843  Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) on December - 11.  

1844  First dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on this day in history.  

1844  On December - 11 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct  

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on December - 11.  

1849  On this day in history ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)  

1855  Julian Edwards, composer on this day in history.  

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

1857  On December - 11 francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73  

1863  Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification) on this day in history.  

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

1872  On December - 11 1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)  

1874  On December - 11 paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)  

1876  On December - 11 mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer  

1882  On December - 11 boston's Bijou Theatre, first American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, first performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"  

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.  

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

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

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer  

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

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I  

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.  

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)  

1226  On December - 11 death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)  

1282  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies  

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 December - 11 death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)