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 June - 11.  

1742  On this day in history benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove  

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

1766  On June - 11 elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73  

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  Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army on June - 11.  

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

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

1776  On this day in history continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence  

1776  John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain) on June - 11.  

1788  On this day in history first British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

1788  On June - 11 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC  

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

1798  On June - 11 napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta.  

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

1808  Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882 on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83  

1811  Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82 on June - 11.  

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

1816  On this day in history robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1822  Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889 on June - 11.  

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 June - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1829  Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic) on June - 11.  

1837  On this day in history the Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.  

1838  Iowa Territory is organized on this day in history.  

1840  On this day in history henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser  

1842  Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician on June - 11.  

1847  On this day in history millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)  

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1403  On this day in history birth of john IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)  

1456  Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born on this day in history.  

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  On June - 11 birth of george Wither, English writer (d. 1667)  

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

1696  On June - 11 birth of francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)  

1697  On this day in history birth of francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist  

0323  On this day in history 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 June - 11.  

1249  On this day in history adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies  

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on June - 11.  

1488  On June - 11 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 June - 11.