Events on 11 April 42
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War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
Year 1727
Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
Year 1809
Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom
Year 1814
The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 4
Birthdays on 11 April 201
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Septimius Severus
b. 145 – d. 211
Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (d. 211)
Bao Zheng
b. 999 – d. 1062
Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (b. 999)
William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg
b. 1184 – d. 1213
William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg (d. 1213)
John I of Portugal
b. 1357 – d. 1433
John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
b. 1370 – d. 1428
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1428)
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
b. 1374 – d. 1398
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Welsh nobleman (b. 1374)
George I, Duke of Pomerania
b. 1493 – d. 1531
George I, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1531)
Bartholomeus Strobel
b. 1591 – d. 1650
Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (d. 1650)
John Eliot (statesman)
b. 1592 – d. 1632
John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (d. 1632)
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours
b. 1644 – d. 1724
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1724)
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
b. 1658 – d. 1712
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (d. 1712)
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Jean-Joseph Mouret
b. 1683 – d. 1738
Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor (d. 1738)
Deaths on 11 April 110
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Emperor Yang of Sui
d. 618 (b. 569)
Emperor Yang of Sui, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 569)
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Pope Donus
d. 678
Pope Donus
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Herman I (archbishop of Cologne)
d. 924
Herman I, archbishop of Cologne
Romanos III Argyros
d. 1034 (b. 968)
Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
Anawrahta
d. 1077 (b. 1014)
Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (d. 1077)
Stanislaus of Szczepanów
d. 1079 (b. 1030)
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1079)
Stephen IV of Hungary
d. 1165 (b. 1133)
Stephen IV of Hungary (b. 1133)
Llywelyn the Great
d. 1240 (b. 1172)
Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (b. 1172)
Henry Beaufort
d. 1447 (b. 1377)
Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377)
Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours
d. 1512 (b. 1489)
Gaston de Foix, French military commander (b. 1489)
Thomas Wyatt the Younger
d. 1554 (b. 1521)
Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (b. 1521)
Thomas Bromley
d. 1587 (b. 1530)
Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (b. 1530)