Page 2: Historical Events In December - 11

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

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

1793  On this day in history pietro Coppola, composer   

1797  On this day in history hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878   

1801  On this day in history grabbe, writer   

1803  On this day in history the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer   

1810  On December - 11 alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)   

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

1816  On December - 11 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 December - 11.   

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

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1836  Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner on December - 11.   

1838  On this day in history emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)   

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

1843  Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) on December - 11.   

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

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

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 11 ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)   

1855  Julian Edwards, composer on this day in history.   

1856  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist on December - 11.   

1857  Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1866  First yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

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

1868  On this day in history ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

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

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

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

1876  On December - 11 mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer   

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

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

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

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  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.   

1121  On this day in history death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

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

1282  On December - 11 llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

1282  On December - 11 death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

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 this day in history.