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 101^st 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, 1,744,329,600 seconds 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.

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.

April 11 Historical Events

• 1079 –
  Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
• 1241 –
  Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
• 1512 –
  War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
• 1689 –
  William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
• 1856 –
  Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker’s filibusters are holed up.
• 1868 –
  Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• 1951 –
  The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
• 1968 –
  President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• 1976 –
  The Apple I is created.
• 2002 –
  Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chavez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. Lucas Rincon announced Hugo Chavez resignation on national TV.

Who were born on April 11?

• 1374 –
  Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)
• 1798 –
  Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
• 1889 –
  Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
• 1938 –
  Michael Deaver, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
• 1950 –
  Tom Hill, English bass guitarist (Geordie)
• 1951 –
  James Patrick Kelly, American author
• 1961 –
  Doug Hopkins, American musician (d. 1993)
• 1986 –
  Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality
• 1987 –
  Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1990 –
  Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer

Who died on April 11?

• 1034 –
  Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
• 1903 –
  Gemma Galgani, Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1878)
• 1926 –
  Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
• 1962 –
  Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist (b. 1900)
• 1970 –
  John O'Hara, American author (b. 1905)
• 1977 –
  Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 2007 –
  Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
• 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)