11 May - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on May 11, the day number in a year is 131 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 132. May 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.
May 11 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 330 | The city of Byzantium was consecrated as Nova Roma, which becameknown as Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire underEmperor Constantine the Great. |
| 868 | A copy of the Diamond Sutra was printed in China, making it the world's oldest dated printed book. |
| 1745 | War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated the Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian 'Pragmatic Army' at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands in present-day Belgium. |
| 1745 | Battle of Fontenoy Dornik): Austrian war started for succession. |
| 1749 | The British Parliament accepted the Consolidation Act, which reorganized the Royal Navy. |
| 1751 | The Pennsylvania Hospital established by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin. |
| 1752 | The first fire insurance policy began in Philadelphia, USA. |
| 1772 | The Amsterdam theater was destroyed by fire, killing 18 people and injuring several others. |
| 1784 | Signed a peace treaty between Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Britain and Mysore. |
| 1792 | Merchant sea captain Robert Gray became the first recordedEuropean to navigate the Columbia River in what is now the PacificNorthwest United States. |
| 1812 | In the lobby of the British House of Commons, Spencer Percevalbecame the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. |
| 1813 | William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first Europeans confirmed to cross the Blue Mountains. |
| 1818 | The Old Vic Theater in London was established as the Royal Coburg Hall). |
| 1820 | The HMS Beagle ship which would later take its Charles Darwin on its scientific voyage) was commissioned at the Woolwich dockyard. |
| 1833 | A ship going from England to Quebec crashed into the Atlantic Sea, sinking into the Atlantic Sea, killing 215 people. |
| 1846 | Led by George Donner, the American pioneer group known as theDonner Party, which would become known for resorting to cannibalism whenthey became trapped in the Sierra Nevadas, left Independence, Missouri,for California. |
| 1858 | Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half ofthe Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. |
| 1871 | The first trial in the Tichborne case began in the London Court of Common Pleas. |
| 1880 | A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad andsettlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle brokeout, leaving seven dead. |
| 1889 | An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort resulted in thetheft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor. |
| 1894 | In response to a 28 percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace CarCompany workers went on a strike in Illinois, bringing traffic west ofChicago to a halt. |
| 1910 | Glacier National Park, located in the U.S. state of Montana,was designated a national park. |
| 1918 | The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC) was officially established on May 11, 1918. It was occupied by the Red Army of Bolshevik Russia in June 1920 and government of Republic of the Mountaineers was forced to leave the Caucasus. |
| 1927 | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed on May 11, 1927 in California, United States. The Academy is better known for its annual Academy Awards, officially known as Oscars. |
| 1928 | American Walter Hagen won the Open Championship Golf Tournament in England. |
| 1940 | The Battle of Grieberg began in the central Netherlands. |
| 1946 | The United Malays National Organization, Malaysia’s largest political party, was founded on May 11, 1946. Each of Malaysia’s six Prime Ministers has been an UMNO member |
| 1949 | Israel became a member of the Unites Nations on May 11, 1949. UN was the first international body to recognize the State of Israel as formally legitimate Jewish State. UN is being criticized by other countries for its baseness towards Israel. |
| 1949 | Israel joins the United Nations as its 59th member. |
| 1955 | Israel attacked Gaza. According to Israel and Palestinian President Abbas claiming victory by both sides, Hamas was severely weakened and did not achieve any of its demands. According to Hamas, Israel was removed from Gaza |
| 1960 | The first contraceptive pill was made available in the market. |
| 1961 | Angelino Solar won the Vilata a Spana bicycle race in 1961. |
| 1964 | Terence Conran launches the first housing store on Fulham Road, London. |
| 1965 | 17 thousand people died due to cyclonic storm in Bangladesh. |
| 1967 | Andreas Papandreous was imprisoned on May 11, 1967 by the Greek military junta. He was the first socialist Prime Minister of the Greece and served two terms as Prime Minister from 1981 to 1989 and 1993 to 1996. He was the most influential Prime Minister in the Greek political history. |
| 1985 | During an association football match between Bradford City andLincoln City in Bradford, England, a flash fire consumed one side of theValley Parade stadium, killing 56 attendees. |
| 1995 | The Non-Proliferation Treaty was extended indefinitely without conditions on May 11, 1995 with consensus during Review Conference in New York. India, Pakistan and Israel have never signed this treaty though India is following ‘no first use’ policy regarding her commitment for non-proliferation. |
| 1996 | A severe blizzard on Mount Everest caused the deaths of eight climbers, helping make that year the deadliest in the mountain's history at the time. |
| 1997 | IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in the 6th game of the tournament played on May 11, 1997 in New York. It was the first time a chess champion lost to a computer under tournament conditions. |
| 1997 | Deep Blue became the first computer to win a match against aworld chess champion, when it defeated Garry Kasparov in six games. |
| 1998 | Operation Shakti (Pokhran II) was initiated on May 11, 1998 with the detonation of one fusion and two fission bombs under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure as Prime Minister of India. India became a full-fledged nuclear state after this experiment which resulted in a number of sanctions against India by major power of the world including Japan and the United States. |
| 1998 | India began conducting the Pokhran-II nuclear weapons test, itsfirst since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier. |
| 1998 | India conducted three nuclear tests at Pokaran in Rajasthan. |
| 1998 | Europe's first currency became the first coin in the euro. After a decade of preparation, the euro was launched on 1 January 1999: for the first three years it was an 'invisible' currency, used only for accounting purposes and for electronic payments. |
| 1998 | India conducted 3 underground nuclear tests at Pokhran, including 1 thermonuclear device. |
| 2000 | According to the population clock, India population reached one billion. Born in Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, Aastha became an Arabian child of India. |
| 2002 | 378 people died in a ferry accident in Bangladesh. |
| 2003 | Lithuania approved joining the European Union in a referendum. |
| 2008 | Scientists at Cornell University in New York designed the world's first genetically modified human embryo. |
| 2010 | David Cameron assumed office on May 11, 2010 as the Prime Minister of United Kingdom following the election of a hung parliament. It was the first coalition government in United Kingdom since World War II, formed between Conservatives and Liberals Democrats. |
| 2010 | David Cameron took office as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's first coalition government since the Second World War. |
| 2012 | A team of physicists at the University of Science and Technology of China broke the record of quantum teleportation on May 11, 2012 by teleporting a photon more than 97km. presently the record distance of quantum teleportation is 143km with photons. |
Famous Birthdays of May 11:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1913 | Robert Jungk / Journalist / Austria |
| 1950 | Jeremy Paxman / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1985 | Sifow / Singer / Japan |
| 1962 | Steve Bono / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1955 | John DeStefano / Politician / United States of America |
| 1982 | Cory Monteith / Singer / Canada |
| 1993 | Jirapong Meenapra / Sprinter / Thailand |
| 1838 | Isabelle Bogelot / Philanthropist / France |
| 1969 | Simon Vroemen / Runner / Netherlands |
| 1881 | Al Cabrera / Baseball Player / Spain |
| 1939 | Dante Tiñga / Politician / Philippines |
| 1954 | Judith Weir / Educator / United Kingdom |
| 1940 | Herbert Müller / Race Car Driver / Switzerland |
| 1948 | Nirj Deva / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1895 | William Grant Still / Composer / United States of America |
| 1957 | Mike Nesbitt / Politician / Ireland |
| 1924 | Eugene Dynkin / Mathematician / United States of America |
| 1974 | Kevin Brown / Hockey Player / United Kingdom |
| 1903 | Charlie Gehringer / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1888 | Willis Augustus Lee / Army Officer / United States of America |
| 1966 | Christoph Schneider / Drummer / Germany |
| 1948 | Jack Cantoni / Rugby Player / France |
| 1970 | Jason Queally / Cyclist / United Kingdom |
| 1999 | Sabrina Carpenter / Actress / United States of America |
| 1946 | Robert Jarvik / Cardiologist / United States of America |
| 1975 | Francisco Cordero / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1571 | Niwa Nagashige / Daimyo / Japan |
| 1889 | Paul Nash / Painter / Britain |
| 1952 | Mike Lupica / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1968 | Jeffrey Donovan / Actor / United States of America |
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