Top Historical Events That Happened on December 11

1783  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet.   

1792  France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason   

1793  Pietro Coppola, composer   

1797  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878.   

1801  Grabbe, writer.   

1810  Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine).   

1812  1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette and Commercial Advertiser).   

1816  Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders.   

1816  Indiana is recorded as becoming 19th state.   

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34.   

1823  Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55.   

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM.   

1836  Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner.   

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)   

1840  Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

1843  Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905).   

1844  inaugural dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct   

1844  1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct   

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25.   

1849  Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)   

1855  Julian Edwards, composer.   

1856  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist   

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

1863  Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification).   

1866  inaugural yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean   

1866  1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean.   

1868  Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

1872  inaugural black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La).   

1872  1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La).   

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)   

1876  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer   

1882  Boston's Bijou Theatre, inaugural American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, inaugural performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"   

1882  Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"   

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