Historical Events In July - 11

1866  R Beer-Hofmann, writer on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history j C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate   

1871  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Farmers' Party) on this day in history.   

1873  American whisky traders massacre group of Assiniboines; Cypress Hills Massacre forces the Government to send police to the Canadian West on this day in history.   

1874  Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1876  Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72 on July - 11.   

1882  British fleet bombs Alexandria on this day in history.   

1882  Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday on July - 11.   

1885  Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter on this day in history.   

1888  On July - 11 118ø F (48ø C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)   

1888  On this day in history pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall   

1888  On this day in history 118°F (48°C), Bennett, Colorado (state record)   

1888  On July - 11 carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer (Verfassungslehre)   

1889  On this day in history tijuana in Mexico becomes a city   

1889  On July - 11 alfred E Green, Perris CA, director (Copacabana, Jolson Story)   

1889  Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet, dies at 34 on July - 11.   

1890  On this day in history japan holds her first political elections   

1890  On this day in history arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II)   

1892  On July - 11 uS Patent Office says J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp   

1892  Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer on this day in history.   

1893  The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history jack Durston, cricketer (England fast bowler against Australia 1921)   

1894  On this day in history walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], US producer (Stagecoach)   

1895  On July - 11 first motion picture is shown in Paris by the Lumiere brothers.   

1895  On this day in history auguste & Louis Lumière show film for scientists   

1896  Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 on July - 11.   

1897  On July - 11 solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole   

1897  Blind Lemon Jefferson, rocker on this day in history.   

1898  On July - 11 hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO (Committee of Watchfulness)   

1898  On July - 11 charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies   

1899  On this day in history the birth of E. B. White, American writer   

1899  On July - 11 e B White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style)   

1900  On July - 11 boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys & Lincolns   

1901  L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma on this day in history.   

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1274  Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) was born on this day in history.   

1366  Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On July - 11 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg   

1558  On July - 11 birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on July - 11.   

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1657  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) was born on this day in history.   

0155  On July - 11 pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  Death of Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire on this day in history.   

0937  On this day in history death of king Rudolph II of Burgundy   

0969  Death of Olga of Kiev on this day in history.   

1174  On this day in history amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

1183  Death of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria on July - 11.   

1302  On this day in history jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on July - 11.