Historical Events In December - 11

1783  On December - 11 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 December - 11.  

1801  Grabbe, writer on December - 11.  

1803  On this day in history the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer  

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25  

1849  Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman) on December - 11.  

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

1866  On this day in history first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag) on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 11.  

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

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 this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)  

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

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

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.  

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.