Page 2: 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  Pietro Coppola, composer on this day in history.   

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

1801  On December - 11 grabbe, writer   

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

1810  Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine) on this day in history.   

1812  On December - 11 1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)   

1816  Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders on this day in history.   

1816  On December - 11 indiana becomes 19th state   

1817  Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 on December - 11.   

1823  On December - 11 yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer   

1831  John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1836  On December - 11 jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner   

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

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

1843  On December - 11 robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)   

1844  First dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on December - 11.   

1844  1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct on December - 11.   

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

1849  On December - 11 ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)   

1855  On December - 11 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 this day in history annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)   

1866  On December - 11 first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean   

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

1868  Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer on this day in history.   

1872  First black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) on December - 11.   

1872  1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) on December - 11.   

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag) on this day in history.   

1876  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1676  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer was born on December - 11.   

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

1712  On December - 11 birth of francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)   

1725  On this day in history 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  Death of Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  Death of Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) on December - 11.