October 11 Historical Events

The following events took place on October 11. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1138
  A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.
• 1142
  A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin–Song wars.
• 1531
  Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
• 1582
  Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1614
  Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
• 1634
  The Burchardi flood: “The second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
• 1649
  Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
• 1727
  George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.
• 1767
  Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
• 1776
  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
• 1797
  Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
• 1809
  Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder’s Stand.
• 1811
  Inventor John Stevens’ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
• 1833
  A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
• 1852
  The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

• 1862
  American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
• 1864
  Campina Grande, Brazil, is established as a city.
• 1865
  Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
• 1890
  In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
• 1899
  Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
• 1899
  The Western League is renamed the American League.
• 1906
  San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
• 1910
  Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1912
  First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
• 1918
  San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico.
• 1929
  J. C. Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
• 1941
  Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
• 1942
  World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance: On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
• 1944
  Tuvan People’s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva is annexed by the U.S.S.R.
• 1950
  Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.