On December 11, history records 49 notable events, 188 famous births and 84 deaths, spanning the years 361 to 1816.
Events on this day include: Julian enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire. (361); Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne. Start of the "Anarchy at Samarra". (861).
Notable people born on December 11 include Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465), Pope Leo X (1475).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope Damasus I (384), Al-Mutawakkil (861), Al-Fath ibn Khaqan (861).
Events on 11 December 49
See all →Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne. Start of the "Anarchy at Samarra".
Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, in mid-Wales.
A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.)
Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, allegedly throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
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Birthdays on 11 December 188
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