Births on December 11

Robert Henriques

Born on December 11, 1905

Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (d. 1967)

Robert David Quixano Henriques (11 December 1905 – 22 January 1967) was a British writer, broadcaster and farmer. He gained modest renown for two award-winning novels and two biographies of Jewish business tycoons, published during the middle part of the 20th century.

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Events on 1905

27 May

Battle of Tsushima
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
28 May

Battle of Tsushima
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
26 Sep

Special theory of relativity
Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
26 Oct

Norway
Sweden accepts the independence of Norway.
30 Oct

Nicholas II of Russia
Czar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. This was October 17 in the Julian calendar.

Births on December 11

Robert Henriques

Born on December 11, 1905

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Events on 1905

Battle of Tsushima

Battle of Tsushima

Special theory of relativity

Norway

Nicholas II of Russia