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 this day in history.   

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  Grabbe, writer on December - 11.   

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

1810  On this day in history alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)   

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

1816  On December - 11 citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders   

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  On December - 11 adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM   

1836  On this day in history jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner   

1838  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) on December - 11.   

1840  On December - 11 kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)   

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

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

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

1847  Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 11 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 December - 11.   

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

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

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

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 December - 11.   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 11 birth of manuel Cardoso, composer   

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  George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1282  Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies on December - 11.   

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 this day in history.