11 November Events11-11-308
The Congress of
Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the
Roman Empire, the leaders of the
Tetrarchy declare
Maxentius and
Licinius to be
Augusti, while rival contender
Constantine I is declared
Caesar of
Britain and
Gaul.
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11-11-1215
The
Fourth Lateran Council meets, defining the doctrine of
transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of
Christ.
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11-11-1500
Treaty of Granada –
Louis XII of France and
Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the
Kingdom of Naples between them.
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11-11-1620
The
Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now
Provincetown Harbor near
Cape Cod.
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11-11-1634
Following pressure from
Anglican bishop
John Atherton, the
Irish House of Commons passes "
An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery".
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11-11-1673
Second
Battle of Khotyn in
Ukraine,
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of
Jan Sobieski. defeat the
Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of
Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
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11-11-1675
Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated
integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of
y =
ƒ(
x).
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11-11-1724
Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief)
Jonathan Wild at the
Old Bailey, is hanged in
London.
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11-11-1750
The F.H.C. Society, also known as the
Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
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11-11-1778
Cherry Valley Massacre: an attack by
Loyalists and
Seneca Indian forces on a fort and village in eastern
New York during the
American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
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11-11-1805
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Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Dürenstein – 8000
French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior
Russian and
Austrian force.
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11-11-1831
In
Jerusalem, Virginia,
Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent
slave uprising.
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11-11-1839
The
Virginia Military Institute is founded in
Lexington, Virginia.
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11-11-1864
American Civil War:
Sherman's March to the Sea –
Union General
William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning
Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march
south.
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11-11-1865
Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which
Bhutan ceded the areas east of the
Teesta River to the
British East India Company.
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11-11-1880
Australian
Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at
Melbourne Gaol.
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11-11-1887
Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies,
Albert Parsons,
Adolph Fischer and
George Engel are
executed.
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11-11-1887
Construction of the
Manchester Ship Canal starts at
Eastham.
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11-11-1889
Washington is admitted as the 42nd
U.S. state.
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11-11-1911
Many cities in the U.S.
Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. (see
The 11/11/11 cold wave).
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11-11-1918
World War I ends:
Germany signs an
armistice agreement with
the Allies in a
railroad car outside of
Compiègne in
France. The war officially stops at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) this is annually honoured with two-minutes of silence.
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11-11-1918
Józef Piłsudski comes to
Warsaw and assumes supreme military power in
Poland. Poland regains its independence, celebrated each year on this day.
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11-11-1918
Emperor
Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
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11-11-1919
The
Centralia Massacre in
Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the
American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the
IWW.
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11-11-1919
Lāčuplēšu day –
Latvian forces defeat the
Freikorps at
Riga in the
Latvian War of Independence.
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11-11-1921
The
Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by
US President Warren G. Harding at
Arlington National Cemetery.
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11-11-1924
Prime Minister
Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the first
Greek Republic.
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11-11-1926
U.S. Route 66 is established.
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11-11-1930
Patent number US1781541 is awarded to
Albert Einstein and
Leó Szilárd for their invention, the
Einstein refrigerator.
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11-11-1940
World War II:
Battle of Taranto – The
Royal Navy launches the first
aircraft carrier strike in history, on the
Italian fleet at
Taranto.
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11-11-1940
The
German cruiser
Atlantis captures
top secret British mail, and sends it to
Japan.
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11-11-1940
Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected
blizzard kills 144 in
U.S. Midwest.
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11-11-1942
World War II:
Nazi Germany completed their occupation of
France.
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11-11-1960
A military coup against
President Ngo Dinh Diem of
South Vietnam is crushed.
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11-11-1962
Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
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11-11-1965
In
Rhodesia (modern-day
Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of
Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence.
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11-11-1966
NASA launches spaceship
Gemini 12.
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11-11-1967
Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in
Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, three
American prisoners of war are released by the
Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist
Tom Hayden.
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11-11-1968
Vietnam War:
Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the
Ho Chi Minh Trail, through
Laos into
South Vietnam.
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11-11-1968
A second
republic is declared in the
Maldives.
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11-11-1972
Vietnam War:
Vietnamization – The
United States Army turns over the massive
Long Binh military base to
South Vietnam.
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11-11-1975
Australian constitutional crisis of 1975:
Australian Governor-General Sir
John Kerr dismisses the government of
Gough Whitlam and commissions
Malcolm Fraser as caretaker
Prime Minister, and announces a general election to be held in early
December.
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11-11-1992
The
Church of England votes to allow
women to become
priests.
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11-11-2000
In
Kaprun,
Austria, 155 skiers and snowboarders die when a
cable car catches
fire in an alpine
tunnel.
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11-11-2001
Journalists
Pierre Billaud,
Johanne Sutton and
Volker Handloik are killed in
Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling on top of.
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11-11-2004
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the
National War Memorial,
Wellington.
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11-11-2004
Yasser Arafat is confirmed dead by the
Palestine Liberation Organization, of unidentified causes.
Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
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11-11-2006
The
New Zealand war memorial monument is unveiled by Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II in
London,
United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the
New Zealand Army and the
British Army.
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11-11-2008
The
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) set sail on her final voyage to Dubai.
Births in 11 November 995 Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1041)
1050 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
1154 King
Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
1155 King
Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
1220 Alphonse of Toulouse, son of
Louis VIII of France (d. 1271)
1493 Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)
Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569)
1569 –
Martin Ruland the Younger, German physician and alchemist (d. 1611)
1599 –
Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (d. 1656)
–
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1655)
1633 –
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, British statesman (d. 1695)
1668 –
Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736)
1743 –
Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (d. 1828)
1744 –
Abigail Adams,
First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
1748 – King
Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
1791 –
Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855)
1792 –
Mary Anne Evans, English wife of
Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872)
1821 –
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (d. 1881)
1836 –
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)
1852 –
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)
1857 –
Janet Erskine Stuart, Sacred Heart educator
1858 –
Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (d. 1884)
1863 –
Paul Signac, French painter (d. 1935)
1864 –
Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian pacifist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921)
1869 –
Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (d. 1901)
– King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
1872 –
David I. Walsh, 46
th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947)
1882 – King
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
1883 –
Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. 1969)
1885 –
George Smith Patton, Jr., American general (d. 1945)
1887 –
Roland Young, American actor (d. 1953)
1888 –
Abul Kalam Azad, Indian independence movement leader (d. 1958)
1891 –
Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (d. 1954)
1898 –
Rene Clair, French film director (d. 1981)
1899 –
Pat O'Brien, American film actor (d. 1983)
1900 –
Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (d. 1989)
1901 –
F. Van Wyck Mason, American author (d. 1978)
–
Magda Goebbels, wife of Nazi minister of propaganda,
Joseph Goebbels (d. 1945)
–
Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born American film producer (d. 1985)
1904 –
Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1996)
–
J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (d. 1960)
1909 –
Robert Ryan, American actor (d. 1973)
1911 –
Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (d. 2002)
1912 –
Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (d. 1999)
1914 –
Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003)
–
Henry Wade, American lawyer (d. 2001)
1915 –
William Proxmire, American politician (d. 2005)
1918 –
Stubby Kaye, American comic actor (d. 1997)
1919 –
Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (d. 2000)
1920 –
Roy Jenkins, British politician (d. 2003)
1921 –
Terrell Bell, American politician (d. 1996)
1922 –
Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist (d. 2007)
1925 –
June Whitfield, British comedian
–
Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor
1928 –
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer
–
Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (d. 1995)
1929 –
Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer
–
LaVern Baker, American singer (d. 1997)
1930 –
Hank Garland, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004)
–
Hugh Everett, American physicist (d. 1982)
–
Vernon Handley, English conductor
1932 –
Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist and former-anchorman
1934 –
Jim Perry, Canadian-American television personality.
1936 –
Jack Keller, American songwriter (d. 2005)
1937 –
Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat
1938 –
Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater
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Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast
1939 –
Denise Alexander, American actress
1940 –
Barbara Boxer, American politician
1941 –
Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (
The Youngbloods)
1943 –
Doug Frost, Australian swimming coach
1944 –
Kemal Sunal,Turkish actor
1945 –
Daniel Ortega,
President of Nicaragua–
Vince Martell, American guitarist (
Vanilla Fudge)
1946 –
Chris Dreja, British musician (
The Yardbirds)
–
Al Holbert, American racing driver and team owner (d. 1988)
1950 –
Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet
1950 –
Jim Peterik, American musician and songwriter (
Survivor)
1950 –
Ed Ordynski, Australian rally driver
1951 –
Kim Peek, American megasavant
–
Marc Summers, American game show host
1953 –
Marshall Crenshaw, American musician
–
Andy Partridge, English musician (
XTC)
–
Kostas Skandalidis, Greek politician
1954 –
Mary Gaitskill, American novelist
1955 –
Dave Alvin, American songwriter and guitarist
1958 –
Luz Casal, Spanish singer
–
Carlos Lacamara, Cuban-born American Actor
1959 –
Lee Haney, American bodybuilder
1960 –
Chuck Hernandez, American baseball coach
–
Peter Parros, American actor
–
Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
1961 –
Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist
1965 –
Max Mutchnick, American TV writer and producer
1967 –
Gil de Ferran, Brazilian racing driver
1968 –
David L. Cook, American singer and comedian
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Carson Kressley, American television personality
1970 –
Lee Battersby, Australian author
1971 –
Jennifer Celotta, American TV producer and writer
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Paul Chaloner, English TV e-sports commentator
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David DeLuise, American actor
1972 –
Adam Beach, Canadian actor
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Tyler Christopher, American actor
–
Leslie Mann, American actress
Famous Deaths in 11 November397 –
Martin of Tours, French saint
405 –
Arsacius, intruding archbishop of Constantinople
537 –
Pope Silverius, saint
826 –
Theodore the Studite, saint (b. 759)
865 –
Petronas the Patrician, Byzantine General
1623 –
Philippe de Mornay, French writer (b. 1549)
1638 –
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem, Dutch painter (b. 1562)
1675 –
Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, 9th sikh guru (b. 1621)
1686 –
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (b. 1621)
–
Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602)
1724 –
Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), English highwayman (executed) (b. c.1700)
1812 –
Platon Levshin, Metropoitan of Moscow (b. 1737)
1831 –
Nat Turner, American slave rebel (b. 1800)
1855 –
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (b. 1813)
1862 –
James Madison Porter, American politician (b. 1793)
1880 –
Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (hanged) (b. c.1855)
–
Lucretia Mott, American feminist and abolitionist (b. 1793)
1884 –
Alfred Brehm German zoologist (b. 1827)
1887 –
Haymarket defendants:
1917 –
Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (b. 1838)
1918 –
George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier, last person to be killed in W.W.I. (b. 1892)
1931 –
Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840)
1938 –
Typhoid Mary, carrier of the typhoid disease (b. 1869)
1939 –
Jan Opletal, Czech student, victim of Nazi violence in
Prague (b. 1915)
1945 –
Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
1953 –
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)
1972 –
Berry Oakley, Bass Player and founder, Allman Brothers Band (b. 1948)
1973 –
David "Stringbean" Akeman, American banjo player (b. 1915)
–
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
1974 –
Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (b. 1894)
1976 –
Alexander Calder, American artist (b. 1898)
1977 –
Greta Keller, Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress (b. 1903)
–
Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (b. 1950)
1979 –
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (b. 1894)
1984 –
Martin Luther King, Sr., American civil rights leader (b. 1899)
1988 –
William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor & organist (b. 1900)
1990 –
Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (b. 1898)
–
Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, proposed nine times for the
Nobel Prize for Literature, winner of the
Lenin Peace Prize (b. 1909)
1993 –
Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and
big band leader (b. 1914)
1994 –
John A. Volpe, 61
st and 63
rd Governor of Massachusetts, 2
nd United States Secretary of Transportation (b. 1908)
–
Pedro Zamora, Cuban-American AIDS activist (b. 1972)
–
Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (b. 1922)
1997 –
Rodney Milburn, American athlete (b. 1950)
1999
–
Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
2004 –
Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
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Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2005 –
Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, British photographer (b. 1939)
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Peter Drucker, American management theorist (b. 1909)
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Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (b. 1930)
–
Keith Andes, American actor (b. 1920)
2006
–
Harry Lehotsky, pastor and activist (b. 1957)
2007 –
Delbert Mann, American film director (b. 1920)
Holidays and observances in 11 November Several nations celebrate, in some way, the end of
World War I, the ceasefire of which went into effect at 11:00am
CET on this day in
1918.
Feast day of:Popular culture:
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