Page 2: Historical Events In June - 11

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

1727  On June - 11 george I becomes the new King of England   

1740  Luigi Gatti, composer on this day in history.   

1742  Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove on this day in history.   

1764  On June - 11 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  On June - 11 capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia   

1774  Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army on this day in history.   

1775  Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1776  The birth of John Constable, English painter on June - 11.   

1776  Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence on this day in history.   

1776  John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain) on this day in history.   

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

1788  On this day in history 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  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  Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1816  Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on June - 11.   

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 June - 11.   

1825  Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54 on June - 11.   

1828  On June - 11 dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74   

1829  On June - 11 hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)   

1837  On June - 11 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  Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser on June - 11.   

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

1540  On this day in history birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)   

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 June - 11 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 June - 11.   

0323  Death of Alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June) on June - 11.   

1183  On June - 11 death of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)   

1216  On June - 11 hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies   

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

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on this day in history.   

1488  James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle on June - 11.   

1557  Death of King John III of Portugal (b. 1502) on this day in history.   

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