Events on 11 February 50
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Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
Year 1177
John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
Year 1626
Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Catholicism to be the state religion of Ethiopia.
Year 1790
The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
Year 1808
Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
Year 1812
Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
Year 1823
Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
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Deaths on 11 February 95
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