A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 11 throughout history.
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Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to the Spice Islands on his first major expedition, leading 208 vessels, including 62 treasure ships with 27,800 sailors
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
English poet John Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly"
Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts
Salomon August Andrée and crew leave Spitsbergen in northern Norway by balloon, heading for the North Pole
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN "safe haven" of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić
The Newlywed Game is an American television game show. Newly married couples compete against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know...
"Orange Is the New Black" starring Taylor Schilling premieres on Netflix, the first series to be nominated for both comedy and drama Emmy awards
David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" nine days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the first female Olympic tennis champion and the first individual female Olympic champion in any sport
Businesswoman Hetty Green (32) weds Edward Henry Green
Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (30) weds Mabel Hubbard (19) at the Hubbard estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and accused spy Mata Hari (18) weds Dutch colonial army Captain Rudolph MacLeod in Amsterdam
Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Viking leader Rollo of Normandy creates the Duchy of Normandy
The siege of the Shirakawa-den (白河殿夜討) was the central event of the Hōgen Rebellion, a succession dispute which broke out after the death of the cloistered Emperor Toba.
Khwarezmian Tatars sack Jerusalem, decimating the city's Christian population and driving out Jews
Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; also known as Charles of Luxembourg German: Karl von Luxemburg; Czech: Karel Lucemburský; Latin: Carolus Luxemburgensis;...
Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; also known as Charles of Luxembourg German: Karl von Luxemburg; Czech: Karel Lucemburský; Latin: Carolus Luxemburgensis;...
Arnold van Egmont becomes Duke of Gelre
Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances
Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague
The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (commonly abbreviated as the Thirty-nine Articles or the XXXIX Articles), finalised in 1571, are the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices...
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sea captain and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.
Henry III (French: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; Polish: Henryk Walezy; Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589...
Armies of Savoy, Mantua, and Parma occupy Milan
The first Quakers to land in Boston, Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 weeks of imprisonment, they are deported back to Barbados.
City of Vilnius is recaptured from its occupying Muscovite force by the army of the Grand Duchy led by Michał Kazimierz Pac [1]
Netherlands and Denmark sign a defense treaty
Battle of Oudenaarde, Spanish Netherlands: Grand Alliance beats France
Mathematical calculations suggest that on this day in history, Pluto moved from the ninth to the eighth most distant "planet" from the Sun for the last time before 1979
Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne
Thomas Hutchins is designated Geographer of the US
The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, German: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Jean-Louis Pons (24 December 1761 – 14 October 1831) was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time:...
US invades Canada (Detroit frontier)
Edmund Hickly achieves the first known 10-wicket innings (Kent vs. England)
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
Morgan's Raid was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia during the American Civil War.
Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early begin invasion of Washington, D.C. with the Battle of Fort Stevens
The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882.
Pennsylvania's Monongahela River rises 32 feet (9.7 meters) after 24 hours of rainfall
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico.
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment,...
Boer General De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns
Forest fire destroys Canadian town of South Porcupine, Ontario, killing at least 70 people [1]
There are six medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault: American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95 m), countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright tie for silver, and three-man tie for bronze
German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
Battle of Verdun: Germany launches an offensive on Fort Souville in France but is defeated by artillery and machine gunners
Dutch Second Chamber approves 8-hour workday and no Sunday work
East and West Prussia vote in a plebiscite to become part of Germany, though part of West Prussia is handed to Poland to provide a "Polish Corridor"
Mongolia is a landlocked country in the East Asia region. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, and covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometers (603,909 square miles),...
The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre and public park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California.
Muslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi, India
NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
American aviator Laura Ingalls (41) completes the first non-stop transcontinental flight by a woman, departing from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, and landing at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California [1]
The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge (colloquially referred to as the Whitestone Bridge or simply the Whitestone) is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 678 over the East...
British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay
Kingman Douglass ends term as deputy director of CIA
First air bombing of Jerusalem
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico,...
"In God We Trust" (also rendered as "In God we trust") is the official motto of the United States, the U.S. state of Florida, and the nation of Nicaragua (Spanish: En Dios confiamos).
Gene Kiniski defeats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis to become NWA champion
Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron hit home runs in the same inning
The Security Branch of the South African Police, established in 1947 as the Special Branch, was the security police apparatus of the apartheid state in South Africa.
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land...
Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, killing 122
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon.
First US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC - first Austrian American)
Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, killing 160
Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974.
American hostage Richard Queen freed by Iran militants due to illness
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000
Britain's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
Heart's "Alone" single goes to #1 for three weeks
President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All-Star Game
NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July 2006.
FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet orbiting the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet.
The UN Security Council calls for a special meeting to discuss the current Israel–Palestinian conflict; Israel continue attacks on Gaza
Oldest stone tools outside Africa are discovered in Lantian County, western China, estimated to be 2.12 million years old and made by hominins
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300 million km (185 million miles) from Earth for a second time to collect samples
Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads [1]
Cole Escola's stage comedy "Oh, Mary!" opens at the Lyceum Theatre, NYC
Tijuana, Mexico, sets new Guinness World Record for largest margarita at 34,419 liters (9,092.5 gallons)
E. B. White, American author, known for american author, was born on 1899-07-11. Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer.
Frank Rosenblatt, American psychologist, known for american psychologist, was born on 1928-07-11.
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, known for italian fashion designer, was born on 1934-07-11. Giorgio Armani was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Armani luxury fashion house.
Yul Brynner, American russian-american actor, known for russian-american actor, was born on 1920-07-11. Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor.
Richie Sambora, American musician, known for american musician and songwriter, was born on 1960-07-11. Richard Stephen Sambora is an American musician, songwriter and singer.
Alessia Cara, Canadian musician, known for canadian singer and songwriter, was born on 1997-07-11. Alessia Caracciolo, known professionally as Alessia Cara (), is a Canadian singer and songwriter.
Leon Spinks, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1953-07-11. Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995.
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish athlete, known for danish tennis player, was born on 1991-07-11. Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish inactive professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No.
Harold Bloom, American critic, scholar, and writer, known for american critic, scholar, and writer, was born on 1930-07-11.
William Ernest Henley, English poet, critic and editor, known for english poet, critic and editor, died on 1903-07-11.
George Gershwin, American composer and pianist, known for american composer and pianist, died on 1937-07-11.
Aga Khan III dies
Satoru Iwata, Japanese video game executive, known for japanese video game executive, died on 2015-07-11. Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer.
Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Viking leader Rollo of Normandy creates the Duchy of Normandy
The siege of the Shirakawa-den (白河殿夜討) was the central event of the Hōgen Rebellion, a succession dispute which broke out after the death of the cloistered Emperor Toba.
Khwarezmian Tatars sack Jerusalem, decimating the city's Christian population and driving out Jews
Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; also known as Charles of Luxembourg German: Karl von Luxemburg; Czech: Karel Lucemburský; Latin: Carolus Luxemburgensis;...
Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; also known as Charles of Luxembourg German: Karl von Luxemburg; Czech: Karel Lucemburský; Latin: Carolus Luxemburgensis;...
Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to the Spice Islands on his first major expedition, leading 208 vessels, including 62 treasure ships with 27,800 sailors
Arnold van Egmont becomes Duke of Gelre
Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances
Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (commonly abbreviated as the Thirty-nine Articles or the XXXIX Articles), finalised in 1571, are the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices...
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sea captain and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.
Henry III (French: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; Polish: Henryk Walezy; Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589...
Armies of Savoy, Mantua, and Parma occupy Milan
The first Quakers to land in Boston, Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 weeks of imprisonment, they are deported back to Barbados.
City of Vilnius is recaptured from its occupying Muscovite force by the army of the Grand Duchy led by Michał Kazimierz Pac [1]
Netherlands and Denmark sign a defense treaty
Battle of Oudenaarde, Spanish Netherlands: Grand Alliance beats France
Mathematical calculations suggest that on this day in history, Pluto moved from the ninth to the eighth most distant "planet" from the Sun for the last time before 1979
Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne
Thomas Hutchins is designated Geographer of the US
The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, German: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Jean-Louis Pons (24 December 1761 – 14 October 1831) was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time:...
US invades Canada (Detroit frontier)
English poet John Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly"
Edmund Hickly achieves the first known 10-wicket innings (Kent vs. England)
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
Morgan's Raid was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia during the American Civil War.
Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early begin invasion of Washington, D.C. with the Battle of Fort Stevens
Businesswoman Hetty Green (32) weds Edward Henry Green
Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts
Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (30) weds Mabel Hubbard (19) at the Hubbard estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882.
Pennsylvania's Monongahela River rises 32 feet (9.7 meters) after 24 hours of rainfall
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico.
A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and accused spy Mata Hari (18) weds Dutch colonial army Captain Rudolph MacLeod in Amsterdam
The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment,...
Salomon August Andrée and crew leave Spitsbergen in northern Norway by balloon, heading for the North Pole
E. B. White, American author, known for american author, was born on 1899-07-11. Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer.
Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the first female Olympic tennis champion and the first individual female Olympic champion in any sport
Boer General De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns
William Ernest Henley, English poet, critic and editor, known for english poet, critic and editor, died on 1903-07-11.
Forest fire destroys Canadian town of South Porcupine, Ontario, killing at least 70 people [1]
There are six medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault: American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95 m), countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright tie for silver, and three-man tie for bronze
German cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
Battle of Verdun: Germany launches an offensive on Fort Souville in France but is defeated by artillery and machine gunners
Dutch Second Chamber approves 8-hour workday and no Sunday work
East and West Prussia vote in a plebiscite to become part of Germany, though part of West Prussia is handed to Poland to provide a "Polish Corridor"
Yul Brynner, American russian-american actor, known for russian-american actor, was born on 1920-07-11. Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor.
Mongolia is a landlocked country in the East Asia region. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, and covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometers (603,909 square miles),...
The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre and public park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California.
Muslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi, India
Frank Rosenblatt, American psychologist, known for american psychologist, was born on 1928-07-11.
Harold Bloom, American critic, scholar, and writer, known for american critic, scholar, and writer, was born on 1930-07-11.
NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8
Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, known for italian fashion designer, was born on 1934-07-11. Giorgio Armani was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Armani luxury fashion house.
American aviator Laura Ingalls (41) completes the first non-stop transcontinental flight by a woman, departing from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, and landing at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California [1]
The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge (colloquially referred to as the Whitestone Bridge or simply the Whitestone) is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 678 over the East...
George Gershwin, American composer and pianist, known for american composer and pianist, died on 1937-07-11.
British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
Kingman Douglass ends term as deputy director of CIA
First air bombing of Jerusalem
Leon Spinks, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1953-07-11. Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995.
Colorado is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico,...
"In God We Trust" (also rendered as "In God we trust") is the official motto of the United States, the U.S. state of Florida, and the nation of Nicaragua (Spanish: En Dios confiamos).
Aga Khan III dies
Richie Sambora, American musician, known for american musician and songwriter, was born on 1960-07-11. Richard Stephen Sambora is an American musician, songwriter and singer.
Gene Kiniski defeats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis to become NWA champion
Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron hit home runs in the same inning
The Security Branch of the South African Police, established in 1947 as the Special Branch, was the security police apparatus of the apartheid state in South Africa.
The Newlywed Game is an American television game show. Newly married couples compete against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know...
David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" nine days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land...
Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, killing 122
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon.
First US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC - first Austrian American)
Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, killing 160
Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974.
American hostage Richard Queen freed by Iran militants due to illness
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000
Britain's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe
Heart's "Alone" single goes to #1 for three weeks
President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All-Star Game
NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
Nigeria Airways DC-8 crashes at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish athlete, known for danish tennis player, was born on 1991-07-11. Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish inactive professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No.
More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN "safe haven" of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić
Alessia Cara, Canadian musician, known for canadian singer and songwriter, was born on 1997-07-11. Alessia Caracciolo, known professionally as Alessia Cara (), is a Canadian singer and songwriter.
Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution
The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July 2006.
FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet orbiting the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet.
"Orange Is the New Black" starring Taylor Schilling premieres on Netflix, the first series to be nominated for both comedy and drama Emmy awards
The UN Security Council calls for a special meeting to discuss the current Israel–Palestinian conflict; Israel continue attacks on Gaza
Satoru Iwata, Japanese video game executive, known for japanese video game executive, died on 2015-07-11. Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer.
Oldest stone tools outside Africa are discovered in Lantian County, western China, estimated to be 2.12 million years old and made by hominins
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300 million km (185 million miles) from Earth for a second time to collect samples
Heavy rains in northern India result in 20 deaths, with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states experiencing landslides and flash floods, closing over 700 roads [1]
Cole Escola's stage comedy "Oh, Mary!" opens at the Lyceum Theatre, NYC
Tijuana, Mexico, sets new Guinness World Record for largest margarita at 34,419 liters (9,092.5 gallons)