Famous Birthdays In December - 11

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 this day in history.   

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

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on December - 11.   

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

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

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

1757  On this day in history birth of charles Wesley, composer   

1758  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer was born on December - 11.   

1761  Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835) was born on December - 11.   

1781  On this day in history birth of david Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope)   

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

1793  On December - 11 birth of pietro Coppola, composer   

1797  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 was born on December - 11.   

1801  On this day in history birth of grabbe, writer   

1803  Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

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

1823  Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history birth of adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM   

1836  Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner was born on this day in history.   

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) was born on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history birth of whitney Eugene Thayer, composer   

1840  Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) was born on December - 11.   

1843  On December - 11 birth of robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)   

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

1855  On this day in history birth of julian Edwards, composer   

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

1856  On this day in history birth of plechanow, writer   

1858  On this day in history birth of vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)   

1863  Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification) was born on December - 11.   

1868  Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer was born on December - 11.   

1873  Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967) was born on December - 11.   

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

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0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On December - 11 justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

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

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

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

1282  On this day in history death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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