Famous Birthdays In December - 11

1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

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

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on December - 11.   

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

1709  On this day in history birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

1712  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) was born on December - 11.   

1725  On December - 11 birth of george Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)   

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

1758  Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1761  On this day in history birth of gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)   

1781  David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope) was born on December - 11.   

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

1793  Pietro Coppola, composer was born on this day in history.   

1797  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 was born on December - 11.   

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

1803  Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) was born on December - 11.   

1810  On December - 11 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  On December - 11 birth of jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner   

1838  On this day in history birth of emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)   

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  Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) was born on this day in history.   

1849  Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman) was born on this day in history.   

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

1856  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist was born on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history birth of plechanow, writer   

1858  On December - 11 birth of vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)   

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

1868  On December - 11 birth of ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

1873  On this day in history birth of josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)   

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

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0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on December - 11.   

0711  Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 on December - 11.   

1121  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on December - 11.   

1226  On December - 11 death of robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  On December - 11 llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies   

1282  On December - 11 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  On this day in history death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)