Historical Events In December - 11

1783  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet   

1792  On this day in history france's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason   

1793  On this day in history pietro Coppola, composer   

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

1801  On this day in history grabbe, writer   

1803  On December - 11 the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer   

1810  On December - 11 alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)   

1812  1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders   

1816  Indiana becomes 19th state on this day in history.   

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1823  On December - 11 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on December - 11.   

1835  On this day in history adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM   

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

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

1843  Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) on December - 11.   

1844  On December - 11 first dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct   

1844  1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on this day in history.   

1847  On December - 11 moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25   

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

1855  On this day in history julian Edwards, composer   

1856  On December - 11 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist   

1857  Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 on December - 11.   

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

1866  First yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean on December - 11.   

1866  1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean on December - 11.   

1868  On December - 11 ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

1872  On this day in history first black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)   

1872  1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)   

1876  On this day in history mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer   

1882  On this day in history boston's Bijou Theatre, first American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, first performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"   

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1465  Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) was born on December - 11.   

1475  On December - 11 birth of leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)   

1475  On this day in history birth of pope Leo X (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel Cardoso, composer was born on this day in history.   

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)   

0384  On December - 11 death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On this day in history justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

1121  On this day in history 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  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

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

1524  Death of Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake on December - 11.   

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