On this day: 11 January
Events, births and deaths on 11 January. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · David Margulies
- Deaths · Monte Irvin
100 years ago1926
- Births · Lev Dyomin
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1055 · Deaths · Konstantinos IX Monomachos
- 1083 · Deaths · Otto of Nordheim
- 1113 · Births · Wang Chongyang
Events · 21
- 930(Julian date)Sack of Mecca — Qarmatian sack of Mecca
- 16931693 Sicily earthquake — sismic event
- 1851Taiping Rebellion — Qing Dynasty era rebellion (1851–1864)
- 1851Jintian Uprising — 1851 Hong Xiuquan declared uprising against the Qing dynasty
- 1863Action off Galveston Light — 1863 naval battle of the American Civil War
- 1879Anglo-Zulu War — war between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879
- 1913Treaty of friendship and alliance between the Government of Mongolia and Tibet — treaty of mutual recognition and allegiance between the governments of Mongolia and Tibet
- 1923occupation of the Ruhr — period of military occupation of the German Ruhr valley by France and Belgium between 1923 and 1925
- 1942Battle of Tarakan — 1942 battle involving Japanese Empire and Dutch Empire
- 1942Battle of Kuala Lumpur — 1942 battle
- 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania — Marxist-Leninist government of Albania (1946–1992)
- 1959Lufthansa Flight 502 — aviation accident
- 1961Throgs Neck Bridge — bridge in New York City
- 1962Seven Thousand Cadres Conference — work conference of the Chinese Communist Party
- 1977Pikku Kakkonen — Finnish magazine-type children's TV show
- 1983United Airlines Flight 2885 — 1983 aviation accident
- 1986Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges — bridges in Queensland, Australia
- 1995Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 — 1995 Aviation accident
- 1998Sidi-Hamed massacre — Massacre in 1998
- 20072007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test — anti-satellite missile test conducted by China
- 2013Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt — 2013 failed rescue attempt
Births · 60
- 347(Julian date)Theodosius I — Roman emperor from 379 to 395
- 1503(Julian date)Parmigianino — Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker (1503–1540)
- 1638Nicolas Steno — Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)
- 1755Alexander Hamilton — American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
- 1815John A. Macdonald — 1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891
- 1842William James — American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
- 1852Constantin Fehrenbach — German politician (1852-1926)
- 1859George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston — Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary (1859–1925)
- 1867Edward B. Titchener — American psychologist (1867–1927)
- 1868Cai Yuanpei — Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University (1868-1940)
- 1875Reinhold Glière — Soviet Ukrainian composer (1875–1956)
- 1876Thomas Hicks — American track and field athlete
- 1885Alice Paul — American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977)
- 1887Aldo Leopold — American writer and scientist (1887-1948)
- 1903Alan Paton — South African writer and activist (1903-1988)
- 1906Albert Hofmann — Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
- 1907Pierre Mendès France — French politician (1907-1982)
- 1907Abraham Joshua Heschel — Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972)
- 1911Zenkō Suzuki — Prime Minister of Japan (1911-2004)
- 1916Bernard Blier — French character actor (1916–1989)
- 1923Carroll Shelby — American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur (1923-2012)
- 1923Ernst Nolte — German historian and philosopher (1923–2016)
- 1924Roger Guillemin — French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024)
- 1926Lev Dyomin — Soviet cosmonaut (1926–1998)
- 1930Rod Taylor — Australian actor (1930-2015)
Deaths · 60
- 705(Julian date)John VI — pope
- 782(Julian date)Kōnin — 49th emperor of Japan
- 812(Julian date)Stauracius — Byzantine emperor (775-812)
- 844Michael I Rangabe — Byzantine emperor
- 887(Julian date)Boso of Provence — Frankish noble, King of lower Bourgundy
- 1055(Julian date)Konstantinos IX Monomachos — Byzantine emperor (1000-1055)
- 1083Otto of Nordheim — 11th-century Bavarian nobleman
- 1266(Julian date)Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania — Duke of Pomerania
- 1494(Julian date)Domenico Ghirlandaio — Italian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448–1494)
- 1495(Julian date)Pedro González de Mendoza — Catholic cardinal (1428-1495)
- 1753Hans Sloane — Irish botanist, doctor, and collector (1660-1753)
- 1771Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens — French philosopher and writer (1704-1771)
- 1788François Joseph Paul de Grasse — French admiral (1722-1788)
- 1798Heraclius II of Georgia — Georgian monarch; King of Kakheti (1744–62), King of Kartli and Kakheti (1762–98)
- 1801Domenico Cimarosa — Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school (1749–1801)
- 1843Francis Scott Key — American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner (1779-1843)
- 1882Theodor Schwann — German physiologist (1810–1882)
- 1891Georges-Eugène Haussmann — French official and politician (1809-1891)
- 1923Constantine I of Greece — King of Greece (r. 1913–17; 1920–22)
- 1928Thomas Hardy — English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
- 1929Elfrida Andrée — Swedish organist, composer and conductor (1841–1929)
- 1941Emanuel Lasker — Greman chess player, World Chess champion (1868–1941)
- 1944Galeazzo Ciano — Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944)
- 1952Jean de Lattre de Tassigny — French army general, Marshal of France (1889-1952)
- 1953Noe Zhordania — Georgian Social Democratic politician, chairman of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921)
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