On May 11, history records 47 notable events, 183 famous births and 78 deaths, spanning the years 330 to 1812.
Events on this day include: Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople. (330); A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book. (868).
Notable people born on May 11 include Anawrahta (1014), Anne of Bohemia (1366), Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414).
Notable figures who died on this day include Leo VI the Wise (912), William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (1138), Ghazan (1304).
Events on 11 May 47
See all →Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
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Birthdays on 11 May 183
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Deaths on 11 May 78
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