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  Pietro Coppola, composer on this day in history.  

1797  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 on December - 11.  

1801  On this day in history grabbe, writer  

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

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

1816  Indiana becomes 19th state on December - 11.  

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1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer  

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

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

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  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  1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on this day in history.  

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on December - 11.  

1849  On this day in history ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)  

1855  On December - 11 julian Edwards, composer  

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

1857  On December - 11 francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73  

1863  On December - 11 annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)  

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

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

1868  Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1874  On this day in history paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)  

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

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 December - 11.  

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer  

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.  

1709  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.  

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  Death of Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales on December - 11.  

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.