Historical Events In December - 11

1783  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet  

1792  On this day in history france's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason  

1793  On December - 11 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  On December - 11 the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer  

1810  On this day in history alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)  

1812  On this day in history 1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)  

1816  On December - 11 citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders  

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

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

1823  On December - 11 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history julian Edwards, composer  

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

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 11 first black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)  

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

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

1876  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)  

1475  On December - 11 birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)  

1566  On this day in history birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

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

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.  

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)  

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

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.  

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  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake  

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.