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Historical Events In May - 11

Friday, 24 March 2023

1772  On this day in history amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  On this day in history henri-Jean Rigel, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  On May - 11 joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1778  On this day in history william Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1779  On this day in history john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1784  England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1791  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  On May - 11 columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  Columbia River discovered & named by US Capt Robert Gray on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1803  On May - 11 the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1811  On May - 11 chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  On this day in history waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1813  In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  On May - 11 american Bible Society forms (New York)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1816  On this day in history american Bible Society forms (NY)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1819  Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1820  On May - 11 launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1823  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1830  On this day in history john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1833  On May - 11 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1840  On May - 11 filippo Capocci, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  On May - 11 lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1841  On this day in history ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1845  On this day in history karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1849  On this day in history carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1850  On May - 11 work starts on first brick building in San Fransisco  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1850  Work starts on 1st brick building in SF on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1852  Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1854  On this day in history john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1855  Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 11

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1568  Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1571  On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1654  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1731  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1733  Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1752  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 11

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1631  On May - 11 christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1672  On this day in history death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1708  Death of Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1723  On May - 11 death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  On this day in history death of joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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