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  Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878 on December - 11.   

1801  Grabbe, writer on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history the birth of Hector Berlioz, French composer   

1810  On this day in history 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  On this day in history indiana becomes 19th state   

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 December - 11.   

1835  Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM on December - 11.   

1836  On this day in history 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  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  Julian Edwards, composer on December - 11.   

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

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  On December - 11 first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean   

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

1868  On this day in history ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer   

1872  On December - 11 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  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  On December - 11 birth of ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)   

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

1475  Pope Leo X (d. 1521) was born on December - 11.   

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 December - 11 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 this day in history death of pope Damasus I   

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

1121  On December - 11 death of al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  Death of Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) on December - 11.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 11.