Historical Events In December - 11

1783  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet on December - 11.  

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

1793  Pietro Coppola, composer on this day in history.  

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

1801  Grabbe, writer on this day in history.  

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

1810  Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine) on this day in history.  

1812  1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser) on December - 11.  

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

1816  Indiana becomes 19th state on December - 11.  

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on December - 11.  

1823  On this day in history 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  Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner on December - 11.  

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) on December - 11.  

1840  On this day in history kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)  

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

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

1844  On this day in history 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct  

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

1849  Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)  

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

1866  1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.  

1868  Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer on this day in history.  

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

1872  1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) on this day in history.  

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag) on December - 11.  

1876  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer on December - 11.  

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  On December - 11 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.  

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

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on this day in history.  

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.  

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 December - 11.  

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

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.