What are the important events that happened on April 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 11 is the 101st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 264 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 29, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,072,160 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahenagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 312 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,494 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 11 Historical Events
- 1241 –Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
- 1713 –War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War): Treaty of Utrecht.
- 1727 –Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
- 1814 –The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
- 1856 –Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker’s filibusters are holed up.
- 1888 –The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
- 1908 –SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches.
- 1919 –The International Labour Organization is founded.
- 1961 –The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
- 1990 –Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
Who were born on April 11?
- 1492 –Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
- 1866 –Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953)
- 1867 –Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)
- 1900 –Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
- 1917 –David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
- 1921 –Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1923 –George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
- 1930 –Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
- 1943 –Harley Race, American professional wrestler
- 1987 –Joss Stone, English singer
Who died on April 11?
- 1906 –Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
- 1908 –Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
- 1958 –Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
- 1990 –Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)
- 1991 –Walker Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1915)
- 2000 –Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
- 2007 –Kurt Vonnegut Jr., American author (b. 1922)
- 2007 –Ronald Speirs, American Army officer (CO of Easy Company) (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2010 –Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and musician (b. 1948)
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