Famous Birthdays In December - 11

1465  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on this day in history.   

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1712  On this day in history birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

1757  Charles Wesley, composer was born on this day in history.   

1758  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer was born on December - 11.   

1761  Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835) was born on December - 11.   

1781  On December - 11 birth of david Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope)   

1783  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet was born on December - 11.   

1793  On this day in history birth of pietro Coppola, composer   

1797  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 was born on this day in history.   

1801  Grabbe, writer was born on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history birth of hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)   

1810  On this day in history birth of alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)   

1823  On December - 11 birth of yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM was born on this day in history.   

1836  Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner was born on this day in history.   

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) was born on December - 11.   

1838  On December - 11 birth of whitney Eugene Thayer, composer   

1840  Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872) was born on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history birth of robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)   

1849  Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman) was born on December - 11.   

1855  On this day in history birth of julian Edwards, composer   

1856  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist was born on December - 11.   

1856  On this day in history birth of plechanow, writer   

1858  Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943) was born on December - 11.   

1863  On December - 11 birth of annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)   

1868  On this day in history birth of ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

1873  Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967) was born on December - 11.   

1874  On December - 11 birth of paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)   

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0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on this day in history.   

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  On this day in history death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  On this day in history llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

1282  On this day in history death of llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.   

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on this day in history.