On This Day in History for July 11
Events in History
- 138 Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Emperor of Rome
- 911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy
- 1156 Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan
- 1244 Khwarezmian Tatars sack Jerusalem, decimating the city's Christian population and driving out Jews
- 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) near Kortrijk, Belgium: Flemish coalition defeat the French army of Philip IV
- 1346 Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1347 Heir to the Bohemian throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
- 1405 Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail on his first major expedition, to the Spice Islands, leading 208 vessels, including 62 treasure ships with 27,800 sailors
- More Events in History
Robert the Bruce
John Quincy Adams
E. B. White
Giorgio ArmaniWeddings in History
- 1867 Businesswoman Hetty Green (32) weds Edward Henry Green
- 1877 Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (30) weds Mabel Hubbard (19) at the Hubbard estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Aga Khan III
Owen D. Young
Gary KildallJuly in History
Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva as painted in c. 1897 by John Collier
July 10, 1040
Spiderman! Web Feat Inspires Woebegone Warrior
Battle-weary, defeated and dejected, it took a spider to convince Robert the Bruce, born on this day, that his cause was not lost.
July 11, 1274
The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior sunk in Auckland harbour
July 11, 1985
Killing Spree of Lady Death
Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most successful female sniper in history, having killed 309 German soldiers during the Second World War.
July 12, 1916