Page 2: Historical Events In December - 11

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

1792  France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason on December - 11.   

1793  Pietro Coppola, composer on December - 11.   

1797  On this day in history hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878   

1801  Grabbe, writer on this day in history.   

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

1810  Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine) on December - 11.   

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

1816  Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders on December - 11.   

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

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

1823  On this day in history 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  On this day in history emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)   

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

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

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

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

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on December - 11.   

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

1855  On December - 11 julian Edwards, composer   

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

1857  On this day in history francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73   

1863  Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification) on December - 11.   

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

1866  On December - 11 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean   

1868  On this day in history ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

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

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

1874  Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag) on December - 11.   

1876  On December - 11 mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer   

1882  Boston's Bijou Theatre, first American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, first performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" on December - 11.   

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

1475  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21) was born on December - 11.   

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

1566  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

1676  On December - 11 birth of johann Georg Weichenberger, composer   

1709  Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742) was born on December - 11.   

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 December - 11.   

0384  Death of Pope Damasus I on this day in history.   

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

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 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  On December - 11 death of henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

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