According to Gregory calendar, February 11 is the day number 42 in a given year. February 11 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
Important Historical Events of 11 February in the World ⚡
Event Year | Incident/Event |
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1250 | Seventh Crusade-After three days of fighting, the Ayyubids successfully defended Al Mansurah, Egypt, from invading crusaders. |
1715 | Tuscara War: Tuscara and his allies signed a peace treaty with the Province of Carolina and agreed to go on a reservation near Lake Mattamusket and end the Tuscara War in New York. |
1809 | Robert Fulton invented the stepboat in the United States. |
1826 | University College London was founded as the first secular university in England. |
1826 | Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, a book of 212 verses thatserves as the basis of Swaminarayan Hinduism. |
1847 | Alva Edison was born to give the world many unique things due to her sharp mind. |
1852 | The first British public toilet for women opened at Bedford Street, London. |
1858 | Fourteen-year-old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous reported the first of eighteen Marian apparitions in Lourdes, France, resulting in the town becoming a major site for pilgrimages by Catholics. |
1874 | The American inventor Thomas Elva Edison was born. |
1919 | Friedrich Ebert was elected the first President of the German Weimar Republic by the Weimar National Assembly. |
1919 | Friedrich Ebert was elected President of Germany. |
1929 | To help settle the 'Roman Question', Italy and the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church signed the Lateran Treaty to establish Vatican City as an independent sovereign enclave within Italy. |
1938 | The BBC aired an adaptation of Karel Capek's play R.U.R., thefirst science fiction television programme ever broadcast. |
1953 | The Soviet Union broke diplomatic relations with Israel. |
1963 | American-born poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide in London. |
1964 | In Greek, Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot residents killed 50 people in a fight in Limassol Cyprus. |
1966 | Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Tashkent. |
1968 | Border conflict ensued between Israel and Jordan. |
1968 | After two black employees were killed on the job, about 1,300black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, US, began a strike that lasted over two months. |
1968 | Jana Sangh founder, writer, journalist Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was assassinated in Mughalsarai. |
1970 | Japan launched the first satellite Yosumi, on a Lambda-4 rocket. |
1978 | China lifted the ban on the works of Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens. |
1978 | The wedding of sixteen Unification Church couples was held in New York City. |
1979 | The Pahlavi dynasty of Iran effectively collapsed when the military declared itself 'neutral' after rebel troops overwhelmed forces loyal to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in armed street fighting. |
1979 | Iran's prime minister resigns, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei seizes power. |
1987 | British Airways was privatized and listed on the London Stock Exchange. |
1990 | Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, was released from Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, South Africa. |
1990 | Nelson Mandela, the great South African leader, was released after a 27-year-long imprisonment. |
1996 | 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio. |
1997 | Bill Paralls becomes the head coach of New York Jets. |
1998 | Lyrics of the song “Candle in the Wind 1997”, was auctioned for $442,500 in 1998. |
2001 | A Dutch computer programmer launched the Anna Kurnikova virus, affecting millions of e-mails. |
2006 | In a hunting visit Dick Chancy accidently shot his own friend in a hunting accident. |
2008 | Rebel East Timorese soldiers invaded the homes of PresidentJosé Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, seriously wounded the former. |
2009 | Morgan Tsvangirai becomes the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe after an agreement signed staking that they will share power with the president Robert Mugabe. |
2010 | A European Union Summit which was held in 2010 discussed about the possibility of bailing out the Greece’s economy. |
2011 | President Hosni Mubarak resigned in the wake of the Egyptian Revolution. |
2011 | President Hosni Mubarak relinquishes power to the head of the Higher Military Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. |
2012 | Whitney Houston, a well known American singer and actress died suddenly in Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in California at the age of 48. |
2013 | An explosion in the Komi region of Russia killed 18 mine workers. |
2013 | The Parliament election that were held in Monaco with the Horizon Monaco Alliance that won by 50.3% of votes by Scoring 20 out of 24 seats in the country’s national council. |
660 | According to tradition, Emperor Jimmu founded Japan and established his capital in Yamato. |
Important Historical Events of 11 February in India ⚡
Event Year | Incident/Event |
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1613 | The Mughal emperor Jahangir allowed the East India Company to set up a factory in Surat. |
1955 | Publication of newspapers started in India for the first time. |
2014 | The Indian Athletes were granted permission to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics under their own nation’s flag after two years when The Indian Olympic Association was suspended when the Indian officials were found doing corruption in 2012. |
Important Days of 11 February National & International Days 🏁
Day/Observance | Level |
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Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Day | National Day |
International Day of Women and Girls in Science | International Day |
World Day of the Sick | International Day |
World Unani Day | International Day |
Japan Independence Day | National Day |
Vatican City Independence Day | National Day |
Famous People's Birthdays on 11 February 😀
Birth Year | Name/Category/Country |
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1912 | Trilok Kapoor / Actor / India |
1957 | Tina Ambani / Actress / India |
1957 | Tina Munim / Actress / India |
1984 | Sherlyn Chopra / Actress / India |
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