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 this day in history.   

1793  Pietro Coppola, composer on December - 11.   

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

1801  Grabbe, writer on December - 11.   

1803  The birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer on December - 11.   

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  On this day in history citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders   

1816  On December - 11 indiana becomes 19th state   

1817  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34   

1823  On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on December - 11.   

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM on this day in history.   

1836  On December - 11 jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner   

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

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  First dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on December - 11.   

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 December - 11.   

1856  On December - 11 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist   

1857  Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 on December - 11.   

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

1866  On December - 11 first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean   

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

1868  On this day in history ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1876  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

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

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

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

1676  On December - 11 birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

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  On this day in history 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  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 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 December - 11.   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.