351 Historic Events for December 11
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| 1719 |
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1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England)
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| 1730 |
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Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris
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| 1748 |
Death |
Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55
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| 1756 |
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Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies
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| 1757 |
Birth |
Charles Wesley, composer
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| 1758 |
Birth |
Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer
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| 1781 |
Birth |
David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope)
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| 1783 |
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Max von Schenkendorf, German poet
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| 1792 |
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France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason
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| 1793 |
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Pietro Coppola, composer
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| 1797 |
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Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878
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| 1801 |
Birth |
Grabbe, writer
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| 1803 |
Birth |
Hector Lou Berlioz, C“te-Saint-Andr‚, IsŠre, France, composer (Manqu‚)
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| 1810 |
Birth |
Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)
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| 1812 |
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1st newspaper on Cura‡ao (Cura‡ao Gazette and Commercial Advertiser)
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| 1816 |
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Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
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| 1816 |
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Indiana becomes 19th state
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| 1817 |
Death |
Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34
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| 1823 |
Birth |
Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer
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| 1831 |
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John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM
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| 1836 |
Birth |
Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner
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| 1838 |
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Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)
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| 1838 |
Birth |
Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer
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| 1840 |
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Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)
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