On February 11, history records 50 notable events, 188 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 244 to 1823.
Events on this day include: Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory. (244); John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster. (1177).
Notable people born on February 11 include Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Elizabeth of York (1466).
Notable figures who died on this day include Gordian III (244), Heraclius (641), Pope Gregory II (731).
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See all →Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
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.
The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
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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Birthdays on 11 February 188
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Deaths on 11 February 95
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