Historical Events In December - 11

1783  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet on this day in history.   

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

1793  On December - 11 pietro Coppola, composer   

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

1801  On December - 11 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  Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders on this day in history.   

1816  Indiana becomes 19th state on this day in history.   

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

1823  On December - 11 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1831  On this day in history 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  On this day in history emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)   

1840  Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) on December - 11.   

1843  On December - 11 robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)   

1844  First dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 11 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist   

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

1863  On this day in history annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)   

1866  First yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean on December - 11.   

1866  1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean on December - 11.   

1868  Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer on December - 11.   

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 December - 11.   

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag) on December - 11.   

1876  On this day in history 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 December - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on December - 11.   

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

1709  On this day in history birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on this day in history.   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on December - 11.   

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.   

1282  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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