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  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 on this day in history.   

1801  Grabbe, writer on December - 11.   

1803  The birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer on this day in history.   

1810  Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine) on December - 11.   

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

1816  Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders on December - 11.   

1816  On December - 11 indiana becomes 19th state   

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

1823  On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1831  On December - 11 john George Schetky, composer, dies at 55   

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM on December - 11.   

1836  On this day in history jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner   

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

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

1843  On this day in history robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)   

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

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 December - 11.   

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

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

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

1868  On December - 11 ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

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  On December - 11 mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer   

1882  Boston's Bijou Theatre, first American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, first performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.   

1226  On this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

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

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