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Historical events for the 11th of October. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on October 11.
October 11th is the 284th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day the AIDS Memorial Quilt was first displayed on the mall in Washington, DC; NASA successfully launched Apollo 7, the first manned space mission, and Australia's oldest university, the University of Sydney, was inaugurated.
October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 81 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. [1] 1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
Protestant troops under Jörg Göldli were defeated by Roman Catholic troops at the Battle of Kappel during the Swiss Reformation. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about European history. On This Day In History - October 11: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules.
Discover what happened on October 11 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
Major Events. 1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000. 1634 Burchardi flood - "the second Grote Mandrenke" kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. 1737 Earthquake reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India.
Poet and Dramatist Pierre Corneille. 1687 Hungary accepts Habsburg sovereignty. 1698 France, England & Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession. Franklin Returns to America. 1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England. United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.