Page 2: Historical Events In June - 11

1726  Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier on June - 11.   

1727  George I becomes the new King of England on June - 11.   

1740  Luigi Gatti, composer on this day in history.   

1742  Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove on June - 11.   

1764  On this day in history christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74   

1766  Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73 on June - 11.   

1770  Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef on June - 11.   

1770  Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army   

1775  Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 on June - 11.   

1776  On June - 11 the birth of John Constable, English painter   

1776  Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence on June - 11.   

1776  On June - 11 john Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)   

1788  First British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC on June - 11.   

1788  1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC on this day in history.   

1793  1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick on June - 11.   

1798  Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history james Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882   

1808  On this day in history charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882   

1808  Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1811  On June - 11 charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82   

1816  On this day in history gas Light Co of Baltimore founded   

1816  On June - 11 robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

1822  On June - 11 samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889   

1823  On June - 11 james Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1825  The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City on this day in history.   

1825  On June - 11 daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54   

1828  Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74 on June - 11.   

1829  Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic) on this day in history.   

1837  The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans on June - 11.   

1838  On June - 11 iowa Territory is organized   

1840  Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser on this day in history.   

1842  On June - 11 alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician   

1847  Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement) on June - 11.   

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1403  John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427) was born on this day in history.   

1456  On this day in history birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)   

1540  Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) was born on June - 11.   

1572  Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist) was born on June - 11.   

1588  George Wither, English writer (d. 1667) was born on June - 11.   

1672  On this day in history birth of francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)   

1697  Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist was born on this day in history.   

0323  On June - 11 death of alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June)   

1183  Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155) on June - 11.   

1216  Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies on this day in history.   

1249  On June - 11 adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies   

1479  On this day in history johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies   

1488  On this day in history james III, king of Scotland, dies in battle   

1557  On this day in history death of king John III of Portugal (b. 1502)   

1560  Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44 on this day in history.