On this day: 11 July
Events, births and deaths on 11 July. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Martin Cruz Smith
- Deaths · Vadim Medvedev
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
- Births · Frederick Buechner
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 969 · Deaths · Olga of Kiev
Events · 23
- 1302(Julian date)Battle of the Golden Spurs — 1302 battle between Flamish citizens and the king
- 1708Battle of Oudenarde — battle in the War of the Spanish Succession, fought on 11 July 1708, in Belgium.
- 1798United States Marine Corps — maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
- 1804Burr–Hamilton duel — 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
- 1864Battle of Fort Stevens — 1864 battle of the American Civil War
- 1882Bombardment of Alexandria — 1882 battle of the Anglo-Egyptian War
- 1899Fiat — Italian automotive company
- 1920Plebiscites in the regions of East- and Westprussia — plebiscites on the territorial affiliation due to Treaty of Versailles
- 1936Robert F. Kennedy Bridge — bridge in New York City
- 1960State of Katanga — unrecognised historical state in Africa
- 1961Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between China and North Korea — 1961 bilateral treaty
- 1972World Chess Championship 1972 — 1972 chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer (USA) and defending champion Boris Spassky (USSR)
- 1973Varig Flight 820 — 1973 plane crash of a Varig Boeing 707 in Saulx-les-Chartreux, France
- 1978Los Alfaques disaster — traffic accident
- 19821982 FIFA World Cup Final — championship match of the 1982 FIFA World Cup
- 19831983 TAME 737-200 crash — aviation accident occurred in Ecuador in 1983
- 1990Oka Crisis — land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada
- 1991Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 — Flight which crashed shortly after takeoff on 11 July 1991
- 1995Srebrenica massacre — mass killings of Bosniaks in July 1995
- 20062006 Mumbai train bombings — terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India
- 20102010 FIFA World Cup Final — final game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup
- 2010July 2010 Kampala attacks — suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda
- 2011Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion — Cyprus tragedy
Births · 60
- 154(Julian date)Bardaisan — Syrian gnostic, scientist, philosopher and poet (154-222)
- 1274(Julian date)Robert I of Scotland — King of Scotland (1306–1329)
- 1558(Julian date)Robert Greene — English author (1558-1592)
- 1561(Julian date)Luis de Góngora — Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)
- 1657Frederick I of Prussia — 1657 – 1713, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia)
- 1662Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria — Ruler of the Electorate of Bavaria from 1679 to 1726 (lived 1662-1726)
- 1723Jean-François Marmontel — French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement (1723-1799)
- 1767John Quincy Adams — President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
- 1811William Robert Grove — British judge and chemist (1811–1896)
- 1826(Julian date)Alexander Afanasyev — Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales (1826-1871)
- 1832Harilaos Trikoupis — Prime Minister of Greece (1832-1896)
- 1836Antônio Carlos Gomes — Brazilian composer (1836–1896)
- 1837Yohannes IV — Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to 1889
- 1846Léon Bloy — French writer, poet and essayist (1846–1917)
- 1866Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine — daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1866-1953)
- 1888Carl Schmitt — German jurist, political theorist and professor of law (1888–1985)
- 1892Thomas Mitchell — American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962)
- 1899E. B. White — American author (1899–1985)
- 1902Samuel Goudsmit — Dutch-American physicist (1902–1978)
- 1903Rudolf Abel — Soviet intelligence officer (1903–1971)
- 1916Alexander Prokhorov — Soviet and Russian physicist (1916-2002)
- 1916Gough Whitlam — Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1916–2014)
- 1920Yul Brynner — Russian-born American actor (1920–1985)
- 1920Zecharia Sitchin — American-Israeli author of Azerbaijani origin (1920-2010)
- 1923Richard Pipes — American historian (1923–2018)
Deaths · 60
- 472(Julian date)Anthemius — Western Roman Emperor from 467 to 472 (420-472)
- 969(Julian date)Olga of Kiev — princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925)
- 1174(Julian date)Amalric I of Jerusalem — King of Jerusalem (1136-1174) (r.1163-1174)
- 1183(Julian date)Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria — First Duke of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach
- 1302(Julian date)Robert II, Count of Artois — Count of Artois
- 1344Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg — German count
- 1362Anna von Schweidnitz — queen of Bohemia
- 1382(Julian date)Nicole Oresme — 14th century French philosopher and bishop
- 1451Barbara of Cilli — Queen Consort of Hungary, Germany, Bohemia and Empress Consort of Holy Roman Empire
- 1484(Julian date)Mino da Fiesole — Italian sculptor (1429-1484)
- 1535Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg — Elector of Brandenburg
- 1593Giuseppe Arcimboldo — Italian painter of the late Renaissance (1527–1593)
- 1599Chōsokabe Motochika — daimyo
- 1688Narai — 27th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1656-88)
- 1774Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet — Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire (1715-1774)
- 1844Yevgeny Baratynsky — Russian poet (1800-1844)
- 1905Muhammad Abduh — Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer (1849-1905)
- 1908Friedrich Traun — German tennis player (1876-1908)
- 1909Simon Newcomb — American astronomer (1835–1909)
- 1920Eugénie de Montijo — Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 (1826–1920)
- 1937George Gershwin — American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
- 1966Delmore Schwartz — American poet (1913–1966)
- 1971John W. Campbell — American science fiction writer (1910–1971)
- 1971Pedro Rodríguez — Mexican racecar driver (1940-1971)
- 1974Pär Lagerkvist — Swedish writer (1891–1974)
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