On This Day in History for October 11
Events in History
- 1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000
- 1142 Treaty of Shaoxing ratified with Chinese southern Song Dynasty agreeing to pay tribute to northern Jin dynasty
- 1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
- 1531 Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed
- 1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, Duke of Milan
- 1573 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy
- 1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
- 1634 Burchardi flood - "the second Grote Mandrenke" kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany
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Arthur Phillip
George Williams
Henry John Heinz
Eleanor RooseveltWeddings in History
- 1948 Fellow students Fidel Castro and Mirta Diaz-Balart marry (divorced 1955)
- 1954 Philippine president Corazon Aquino (21) weds Tarlac governor Benigno Aquino Jr (22) in Pasay City, Philippines
- 1975 Future US President Bill Clinton (29) weds future US Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (28) in a Methodist ceremony in their living room in Fayetteville, Arkansas
More Weddings in History
Casimir Pulaski
Meriwether Lewis
James Franklin Hyde
Erich PriebkeOctober in History
Writer Becomes a Prisoner of Love
In his youth novelist George Gissing sparkled with literary and academic promise. But his choice of female partners led to anguish, poverty and even prison.
October 10, 1894
Defender of the Faith Henry Rejects Rome
A Pope awarded the title Defender of the Faith to King Henry VIII on this day for staunchly defending the Pontiff’s values. But there was to be an ironic twist.
October 11, 1521
Reagan and Gorbachev
US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet at the Reykjavik Summit in Iceland
October 11, 1986
Edith Cavell – England’s Heroine Nurse
Without fear or favour nurse Edith Cavell tended the wounded in war-torn Europe. She also helped soldiers escape and sadly paid the ultimate price on this day.
October 12, 1915