Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 11
| 1302 | An army of French knights, led by the Count of Artois, is routed by Flemish pikemen. | |
| 1346 | Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany. | |
| 1533 | Henry VIII is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII. | |
| 1708 | The French are defeated at Oudenarde, Malplaquet, in the Netherlands by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy. | |
| 1786 | Morocco agrees to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000. | |
| 1799 | An Anglo-Turkish armada bombards Napoleon Bonaparte's troops in Alexandria to no avail. | |
| 1804 | Alexander Hamilton is mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel. | |
| 1862 | President Abraham Lincoln appoints General Henry Halleck as general in chief of the Federal army. | |
| 1942 | In the longest bombing raid of World War II, 1,750 British Lancaster bombers attack the Polish port of Danzig. | |
| 1972 | American forces break the 95-day siege at An Loc in Vietnam. | |
| 1975 | Archaeologists unearth an army of 8,000 life-size clay figures created more than 2,000 years ago for the Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. | |
| 1995 | Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam. | |
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| 1274 | Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-1329). | |
| 1767 | John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States (1825-1829). | |
| 1838 | John Wanamaker, U.S. merchant, founder of one of the first American department stores. | |
| 1888 | Bartomeo Vanzetti, anarchist, executed with Nicola Sacco. | |
| 1899 | E.B. White, author (Charlotte's Web). | |
| 1927 | Theodore H. Maiman, physicist. | |
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