Page 2: Historical Events In December - 11

1783  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet   

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

1793  On December - 11 pietro Coppola, composer   

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

1801  Grabbe, writer on this day in history.   

1803  The birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 11 max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34   

1823  Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer on December - 11.   

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

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

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  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  On this day in history moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25   

1849  On this day in history ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)   

1855  Julian Edwards, composer on this day in history.   

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

1857  On December - 11 francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73   

1863  Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification) on this day in history.   

1866  First yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean   

1868  On December - 11 ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

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

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

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

1876  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer on December - 11.   

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

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1465  On December - 11 birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

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  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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

1709  On December - 11 birth of louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)   

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 this day in history.   

0384  On this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

0711  On December - 11 justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1532  On December - 11 death of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455)