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

1801  On December - 11 grabbe, writer  

1803  The birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer on December - 11.  

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

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

1816  On this day in history citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders  

1816  Indiana becomes 19th state on this day in history.  

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1823  On December - 11 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer  

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 December - 11.  

1840  Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) on this day in history.  

1843  Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) on this day in history.  

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

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

1847  On December - 11 moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25  

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

1855  On December - 11 julian Edwards, composer  

1856  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist on this day in history.  

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

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

1866  On this day in history first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean  

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

1868  On this day in history ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer  

1872  First black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) on December - 11.  

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

1874  On this day in history paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)  

1876  On this day in history mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer  

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

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

1475  On December - 11 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  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on this day in history.  

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.  

1712  On this day in history 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  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42  

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

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on December - 11.  

1282  On December - 11 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 December - 11.  

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.