A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on May 11 throughout history.
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Newly built city of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated to Emperor Constantine the Great, becomes the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem...
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political…
British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. Ironically, descendants of both later stand for the same seat in Parliament at the same time, but neither wins
Great dust bowl storm sweeps across the American and Canadian prairies traveling as far as the East Coast
More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons [1]
India's population officially reaches 1 billion - Astha Arora named India's billionth baby
British comedy troupe Monty Python forms, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" (based on poetry by T. S. Eliot) directed by Trevor Nunn, opens at the New London Theatre in the West End, London; runs for 8,949 performances
Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
Prime Minister of Canada John Turner (33) weds Geills McCrae Kilgour (25)
American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. (44) weds American entertainer Altovise Gore (26) in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania courthouse, officiated by the Rev. Jesse Jackson:, his third marriage lasts until his death in 1990
Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley (39) weds retail store designer Bill Keenan (43) at Manhattan City Hall in New York
"The Diamond Sutra", the world's oldest surviving and dated printed book is printed in Chinese and made into a scroll
Edgar, Anglo-Saxon King of England and his consort Aelfthryth are crowned at Bath on Whit Sunday - possibly a second crowning as already ruled for 14 years
Ælfthryth (also Alfrida, Elfrida or Elfthryth; died 17 November 999, 1000 or 1001) was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975.
Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics
Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria
Peter Stuyvesant (1610 – August 1672) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as the director-general of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, when the colony was provisionally ceded to the Kingdom...
Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
French admiral Jean d'Estrees' naval fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curacao, ends French control and ushers in an age of Piracy in the Caribbean
The Battle of Bantry Bay was on 11 May 1689, a week before the declaration of the Nine Years' War between the English and French navies.
English troops of William Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia
Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
British parliament accepts Consolidation Act, to reorganise the Royal Navy
1st US fire insurance policy issued, in Philadelphia
Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed, in Amsterdam, Northern Netherlands
Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty
Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – c. July 1806) was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America,...
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
American Bible Society is a U.S.-based Christian nonprofit headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in North Atlantic; kills 215
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Minnesota: Minnesota – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War.
Confederate Brigadier General Meriwether Jeff Thompson surrenders at Jacksonport, Arkansas
The Constitution of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Constitutioun/Verfassung; French: Constitution du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg; German: Luxemburgische Verfassung) is the supreme law of the...
George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
A derailment outside Lompoc, California, kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot
Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border.
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series.
Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia
Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
The Communist Party of Germany was the major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in...
Airship Norge leaves Ny-Ålesund, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean
England's football team beat Belgium 9-1
General Electric opens 1st TV-station in Schenectady, New York
1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
M is a 1931 German mystery thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role.
Los Glaciares National Park established in Patagonia, Argentina, the country's largest national park (UNESCO World Heritage Site 1981) [1]
The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.
1st German Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer
US Marines conquer Awatsha Draw, Okinawa
1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
The Battle of Haifa, also known as the Fall of Haifa, and called by the Jewish forces Operation Bi'ur Hametz, was a Haganah operation carried out on 21–22 April 1948 and a major event in the final...
By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
American engineer Jay Forrester applies for patent for computer core memory
Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 (or 24) nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" is a song written by Irving Taylor and performed by Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens.
French liner "France" launched
"Puff (The Magic Dragon)" single by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2; Peter Yarrow adapted a poem that college classmate Lenny Lipton had left behind after borrowing Yarrow's typewriter
1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
,000,000th US phone connected
"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles released initially as the B-side of the single "Let It Be" on 6 March 1970.
Steven John Dunning is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1970 and 1977 for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers,...
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the "Pentagon Papers" to The New York Times dismissed
Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by the English musician Mike Oldfield, released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on Virgin Records. It comprises two mostly instrumental tracks.
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to May 4, 1976.
Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
Johan Cruijff quits soccer
56 die and at least 265 are injured at Bradford City football ground in the worst fire in English football history
First heart-lung transplant takes place in Baltimore
France performs nuclear test
Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
"Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" released in France
Alois Terry Leiter is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator.
Nuclear weapons testing is the act of experimentally and deliberately firing one or more nuclear devices in a controlled manner pursuant to a military, scientific or technological goal.
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II
An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Bagdhad, leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded
Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using quantum teleportation
43 people are killed in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey
Thousands protest against the construction of a waste incineration plant in Hangzhou, China
Mass murder-suicide in Margaret River, Australia, grandfather shoots six members of his family and himself
Colombian airline Avianca, and world's 2nd oldest, becomes 1st major airline to file for bankruptcy due to COVID-19
China census figures show country's population 1.41 billion people, growth at its slowest since 1960s, (+0.53 down from +0.57) [1]
On 11 May 2022, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces while covering a raid at the Jenin refugee camp.
Rare strong solar storm reaches Earth prompting the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issue a geomagnetic storm warning [1]
Harriet Quimby, American aviation pioneer, known for american aviation pioneer, was born on 1875-05-11.
Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader, known for american religious leader, was born on 1934-05-11.
Phil Silvers, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1912-05-11. Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah".
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-05-11. Cory Allan Michael Monteith (May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician.
Holly Valance, Australian british actress, singer, model, and political activist, known for australian and british actress, singer, model, and political activist, was born on 1984-05-11.
Irving Berlin, American musician, known for american songwriter, was born on 1888-05-11. Irving Berlin was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter.
Newly built city of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated to Emperor Constantine the Great, becomes the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
"The Diamond Sutra", the world's oldest surviving and dated printed book is printed in Chinese and made into a scroll
Edgar, Anglo-Saxon King of England and his consort Aelfthryth are crowned at Bath on Whit Sunday - possibly a second crowning as already ruled for 14 years
Ælfthryth (also Alfrida, Elfrida or Elfthryth; died 17 November 999, 1000 or 1001) was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975.
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem...
Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics
Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria
Peter Stuyvesant (1610 – August 1672) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as the director-general of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, when the colony was provisionally ceded to the Kingdom...
Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
French admiral Jean d'Estrees' naval fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curacao, ends French control and ushers in an age of Piracy in the Caribbean
The Battle of Bantry Bay was on 11 May 1689, a week before the declaration of the Nine Years' War between the English and French navies.
English troops of William Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia
Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
British parliament accepts Consolidation Act, to reorganise the Royal Navy
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political…
1st US fire insurance policy issued, in Philadelphia
Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed, in Amsterdam, Northern Netherlands
William Pitt the Elder dies
Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty
Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – c. July 1806) was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America,...
British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. Ironically, descendants of both later stand for the same seat in Parliament at the same time, but neither wins
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
American Bible Society is a U.S.-based Christian nonprofit headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in North Atlantic; kills 215
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Minnesota: Minnesota – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War.
Confederate Brigadier General Meriwether Jeff Thompson surrenders at Jacksonport, Arkansas
The Constitution of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Constitutioun/Verfassung; French: Constitution du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg; German: Luxemburgische Verfassung) is the supreme law of the...
George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
Harriet Quimby, American aviation pioneer, known for american aviation pioneer, was born on 1875-05-11.
Irving Berlin, American musician, known for american songwriter, was born on 1888-05-11. Irving Berlin was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter.
Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
A derailment outside Lompoc, California, kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot
Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border.
A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.
Phil Silvers, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1912-05-11. Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah".
The 1919 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds won the National League pennant, then went on to win the 1919 World Series.
Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia
Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
The Communist Party of Germany was the major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in...
Airship Norge leaves Ny-Ålesund, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean
England's football team beat Belgium 9-1
General Electric opens 1st TV-station in Schenectady, New York
1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
M is a 1931 German mystery thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role.
Great dust bowl storm sweeps across the American and Canadian prairies traveling as far as the East Coast
Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader, known for american religious leader, was born on 1934-05-11.
Los Glaciares National Park established in Patagonia, Argentina, the country's largest national park (UNESCO World Heritage Site 1981) [1]
The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.
1st German Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer
US Marines conquer Awatsha Draw, Okinawa
1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
The Battle of Haifa, also known as the Fall of Haifa, and called by the Jewish forces Operation Bi'ur Hametz, was a Haganah operation carried out on 21–22 April 1948 and a major event in the final...
By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
American engineer Jay Forrester applies for patent for computer core memory
Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 (or 24) nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
"Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" is a song written by Irving Taylor and performed by Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens.
French liner "France" launched
Prime Minister of Canada John Turner (33) weds Geills McCrae Kilgour (25)
"Puff (The Magic Dragon)" single by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2; Peter Yarrow adapted a poem that college classmate Lenny Lipton had left behind after borrowing Yarrow's typewriter
1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
,000,000th US phone connected
British comedy troupe Monty Python forms, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin
American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. (44) weds American entertainer Altovise Gore (26) in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania courthouse, officiated by the Rev. Jesse Jackson:, his third marriage lasts until his death in 1990
"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles released initially as the B-side of the single "Let It Be" on 6 March 1970.
Steven John Dunning is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1970 and 1977 for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers,...
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the "Pentagon Papers" to The New York Times dismissed
Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by the English musician Mike Oldfield, released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on Virgin Records. It comprises two mostly instrumental tracks.
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to May 4, 1976.
Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats" (based on poetry by T. S. Eliot) directed by Trevor Nunn, opens at the New London Theatre in the West End, London; runs for 8,949 performances
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-05-11. Cory Allan Michael Monteith (May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician.
Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
Johan Cruijff quits soccer
Holly Valance, Australian british actress, singer, model, and political activist, known for australian and british actress, singer, model, and political activist, was born on 1984-05-11.
56 die and at least 265 are injured at Bradford City football ground in the worst fire in English football history
First heart-lung transplant takes place in Baltimore
France performs nuclear test
Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
"Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" released in France
More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons [1]
Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley (39) weds retail store designer Bill Keenan (43) at Manhattan City Hall in New York
Alois Terry Leiter is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator.
Nuclear weapons testing is the act of experimentally and deliberately firing one or more nuclear devices in a controlled manner pursuant to a military, scientific or technological goal.
India's population officially reaches 1 billion - Astha Arora named India's billionth baby
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Ottawa and Apeldoorn, symbolically linking both the Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II
An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Bagdhad, leaving 5 other US soldiers dead and 3 soldiers wounded
Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using quantum teleportation
43 people are killed in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey
Thousands protest against the construction of a waste incineration plant in Hangzhou, China
Mass murder-suicide in Margaret River, Australia, grandfather shoots six members of his family and himself
Colombian airline Avianca, and world's 2nd oldest, becomes 1st major airline to file for bankruptcy due to COVID-19
Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, died on 2020-05-11. Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American comedian and actor.
China census figures show country's population 1.41 billion people, growth at its slowest since 1960s, (+0.53 down from +0.57) [1]
On 11 May 2022, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces while covering a raid at the Jenin refugee camp.
Rare strong solar storm reaches Earth prompting the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issue a geomagnetic storm warning [1]