Births on January 11

Joseph Jackson Lister

Born on January 11, 1786

Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist (d. 1869)

Joseph Jackson Lister FRS FRMS (11 January 1786 – 24 October 1869) was an amateur British opticist and physicist and the father of The 1st Baron Lister.

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Events on 1786

16 Jan

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
1 May

The Marriage of Figaro
In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
25 Jun

St. George Island (Alaska)
Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
8 Aug

Jacques Balmat
Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
11 Aug

Penang
Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.

Births on January 11

Joseph Jackson Lister

Born on January 11, 1786

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Events on 1786

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

The Marriage of Figaro

St. George Island (Alaska)

Jacques Balmat

Penang