What are the important events that happened on February 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 29, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,120 hours 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 ‘tetracontadigon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 371 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 4,435 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 11 Historical Events
- 660 BC –Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- 1531 –Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1826 –Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.
- 1855 –Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
- 1873 –King Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
- 1903 –Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
- 1918 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 1929 –Fascist Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- 1964 –Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1978 –Censorship: the People’s Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
Who were born on February 11?
- 1774 –Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
- 1889 –Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Indian writer (d. 1971)
- 1914 –Matt Dennis, American singer (d. 2002)
- 1915 –Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author
- 1920 –Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., American general (d. 1978)
- 1956 –Catherine Hickland, American actress
- 1959 –Bradley Cole, American actor
- 1971 –Damian Lewis, British actor
- 1972 –Craig Jones, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1992 –Taylor Lautner, American actor
Who died on February 11?
- 1755 –Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
- 1763 –William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
- 1797 –Antoine Dauvergne, French composer (b. 1713)
- 1931 –Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (b. 1854)
- 1945 –Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (b. 1891)
- 1976 –Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894)
- 1981 –Franz Sondheimer, British chemist (b. 1926)
- 1985 –Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
- 2000 –Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
- 2007 –Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
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