Historical Events In December - 11

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

0384  St Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 11.  

0384  Pope Damasus I on December - 11.  

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

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

1419  On December - 11 heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence  

1475  On this day in history leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)  

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

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

1566  On this day in history manuel Cardoso, composer  

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1572  On this day in history 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  Philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history 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  On December - 11 adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32  

1618  On this day in history russia & Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino  

1620  On December - 11 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (12/21 NS)  

1665  "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna on this day in history.  

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

1686  Louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65 on December - 11.  

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  Battle at Frederikshall Norway on December - 11.  

1718  On December - 11 charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead  

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 this day in history.  

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

1756  On December - 11 theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies  

1757  Charles Wesley, composer on December - 11.  

1758  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer on December - 11.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1475  On December - 11 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 December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)  

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

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 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.