Historical Events In June - 11

1726  Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier on this day in history.  

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

1740  Luigi Gatti, composer on June - 11.  

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

1764  Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74 on June - 11.  

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

1770  On this day in history capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef  

1770  On this day in history capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia  

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

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

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

1793  On this day in history 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 June - 11.  

1808  On June - 11 giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83  

1811  On this day in history charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82  

1816  Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1825  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)  

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

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

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

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

1456  On June - 11 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 this day in history.  

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

1672  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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  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 June - 11 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.