July 11th All Events |
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| July 11th, 2008 (July 11 2008) | Death | Michael DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (born in 1908) | |
| July 11th, 2007 (July 11 2007) | Death | Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (born in 1912) | |
| July 11th, 2007 (July 11 2007) | Death | Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (born in 1913) | |
| July 11th, 2007 (July 11 2007) | Death | Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born in 1914) | |
| July 11th, 2007 (July 11 2007) | Death | Glenda Adams, Australian author (born in 1939) | |
| July 11th, 2006 (July 11 2006) | Event | 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. | |
| July 11th, 2006 (July 11 2006) | Death | Barnard Hughes, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| July 11th, 2006 (July 11 2006) | Death | John Spencer, English snooker player (born in 1935) | |
| July 11th, 2005 (July 11 2005) | Death | Gretchen Franklin, English actress (born in 1911) | |
| July 11th, 2005 (July 11 2005) | Death | Frances Langford, American actress and singer (born in 1914) | |
| July 11th, 2005 (July 11 2005) | Death | Jesus Iglesias, Argentine professional racing driver (born in 1922) | |
| July 11th, 2004 (July 11 2004) | Death | Laurance Rockefeller, American conservationist and philanthropist (born in 1910) | |
| July 11th, 2001 (July 11 2001) | Death | Herman Brood, Dutch singer and artist (born in 1946) | |
| July 11th, 2000 (July 11 2000) | Death | Pedro Mir, Dominican poet (born in 1913) | |
| July 11th, 2000 (July 11 2000) | Death | Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1921) | |
| July 11th, 1999 (July 11 1999) | Death | Helen Forrest, American singer (born in 1917) | |
| July 11th, 1995 (July 11 1995) | Event | Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam. | |
| July 11th, 1995 (July 11 1995) | Event | A Cubana de Aviacion Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people. | |
| July 11th, 1995 (July 11 1995) | Event | 8000 Bosnian men and children are killed by Serbian troops commanded my Ratko Mladic in Potocari near Srebrenica Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
| July 11th, 1994 (July 11 1994) | Death | Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (born in 1942) | |
| July 11th, 1994 (July 11 1994) | Death | Savannah, American porn star (born in 1970) | |
| July 11th, 1991 (July 11 1991) | Event | A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261. The Canadian charter flight was ferrying Hajj pilgrims on behalf of Nigeria Airways. | |
| July 11th, 1991 (July 11 1991) | Death | Hitoshi Igarashi, English-Japanese translator of The Satanic Verses (born in 1947) | |
| July 11th, 1990 (July 11 1990) | Event | Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins. | |
| July 11th, 1990 (July 11 1990) | Birth | Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player | |
| July 11th, 1990 (July 11 1990) | Birth | Connor Paolo, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1989 (July 11 1989) | Birth | David Henrie, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1989 (July 11 1989) | Death | Sir Laurence Olivier, acclaimed English stage and screen actor (born in 1907) | |
| July 11th, 1987 (July 11 1987) | Event | According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark. | |
| July 11th, 1987 (July 11 1987) | Birth | Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol singer (NEWS) | |
| July 11th, 1987 (July 11 1987) | Death | Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (born in 1963) | |
| July 11th, 1986 (July 11 1986) | Birth | Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer | |
| July 11th, 1986 (July 11 1986) | Birth | Ryan Jarvis, English footballer | |
| July 11th, 1985 (July 11 1985) | Birth | Aki Maeda, Japanese actress | |
| July 11th, 1984 (July 11 1984) | Birth | Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| July 11th, 1984 (July 11 1984) | Birth | Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer | |
| July 11th, 1984 (July 11 1984) | Birth | Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress | |
| July 11th, 1984 (July 11 1984) | Birth | Rachael Taylor, Australian actress | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Event | A Boeing 727 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives. | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Birth | Peter Cincotti, American singer songwriter | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Birth | Kelly Poon, Singaporean singer | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Birth | Evan Roberts, American radio broadcaster | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Birth | Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens) | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Birth | Kellie Shirley , Actress | |
| July 11th, 1983 (July 11 1983) | Death | Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (born in 1915) | |
| July 11th, 1982 (July 11 1982) | Event | FIFA World Cup: Italy defeats West Germany 3-1 to win their third title. | |
| July 11th, 1982 (July 11 1982) | Birth | Chris Cooley, American football player | |
| July 11th, 1982 (July 11 1982) | Birth | Lil Zane, American rapper | |
| July 11th, 1981 (July 11 1981) | Birth | Carla Campbell, Jamaican model | |
| July 11th, 1981 (July 11 1981) | Birth | Andre Johnson, American football player | |
| July 11th, 1981 (July 11 1981) | Birth | Aaron Proctor, American professional wrestling promoter & politician | |
| July 11th, 1980 (July 11 1980) | Birth | T.J. Wilson, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| July 11th, 1979 (July 11 1979) | Event | The space station Skylab reenters the Earths atmosphere. | |
| July 11th, 1979 (July 11 1979) | Birth | Eric Abidal, French footballer | |
| July 11th, 1979 (July 11 1979) | Death | Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician (born in 1925) | |
| July 11th, 1978 (July 11 1978) | Event | Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. | |
| July 11th, 1977 (July 11 1977) | Event | Martin Luther King Jr. is posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| July 11th, 1977 (July 11 1977) | Birth | Brandon Short, American football player | |
| July 11th, 1976 (July 11 1976) | Birth | Eduardo Najera, Mexican-born basketball player | |
| July 11th, 1975 (July 11 1975) | Birth | Willie Anderson, American football player | |
| July 11th, 1975 (July 11 1975) | Birth | Ruben Baraja, Spanish footballer | |
| July 11th, 1975 (July 11 1975) | Birth | Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress | |
| July 11th, 1975 (July 11 1975) | Birth | Samer el Nahhal, Finnish musician (Lordi) | |
| July 11th, 1975 (July 11 1975) | Birth | Lil Kim, American rapper | |
| July 11th, 1974 (July 11 1974) | Birth | Hermann Hrei?arsson, Icelandic footballer | |
| July 11th, 1974 (July 11 1974) | Birth | Andre Ooijer, Dutch footballer | |
| July 11th, 1974 (July 11 1974) | Death | Par Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1891) | |
| July 11th, 1973 (July 11 1973) | Event | A Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on-board. | |
| July 11th, 1973 (July 11 1973) | Birth | Andrew Bird, American musician | |
| July 11th, 1973 (July 11 1973) | Birth | Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete | |
| July 11th, 1972 (July 11 1972) | Birth | Jussi 69, Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes) | |
| July 11th, 1972 (July 11 1972) | Birth | Steven Richards, Australian racing driver | |
| July 11th, 1972 (July 11 1972) | Birth | Michael Rosenbaum, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1971 (July 11 1971) | Event | Copper mines in Chile are nationalized. | |
| July 11th, 1971 (July 11 1971) | Birth | Leisha Hailey, American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her) | |
| July 11th, 1971 (July 11 1971) | Death | John W. Campbell, American writer and editor (born in 1910) | |
| July 11th, 1971 (July 11 1971) | Death | Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (born in 1940) | |
| July 11th, 1970 (July 11 1970) | Birth | Justin Chambers, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1969 (July 11 1969) | Birth | David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter | |
| July 11th, 1968 (July 11 1968) | Birth | Michael Geist, Canadian academic | |
| July 11th, 1968 (July 11 1968) | Birth | Esera Tuaolo, American football player | |
| July 11th, 1967 (July 11 1967) | Birth | Jeff Corwin, American naturalist and TV personality | |
| July 11th, 1967 (July 11 1967) | Death | Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (born in 1917) | |
| July 11th, 1966 (July 11 1966) | Birth | Greg Grunberg, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1966 (July 11 1966) | Birth | Mick Molloy, Australian comedian | |
| July 11th, 1966 (July 11 1966) | Death | Delmore Schwartz, American poet (born in 1913) | Delmore Schwartz Quotes |
| July 11th, 1965 (July 11 1965) | Birth | Tony Cottee, English footballer | |
| July 11th, 1965 (July 11 1965) | Birth | Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kickboxer | |
| July 11th, 1965 (July 11 1965) | Birth | Scott Shriner, American musician (Weezer) | |
| July 11th, 1964 (July 11 1964) | Birth | Craig Charles, English actor | |
| July 11th, 1964 (July 11 1964) | Birth | Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family | |
| July 11th, 1963 (July 11 1963) | Birth | Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 11th, 1963 (July 11 1963) | Birth | Lisa Rinna, American actress | |
| July 11th, 1962 (July 11 1962) | Event | First transatlantic satellite television transmission. | |
| July 11th, 1962 (July 11 1962) | Birth | Gaetan Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2007) | |
| July 11th, 1962 (July 11 1962) | Birth | Pauline McLynn, Irish actress | |
| July 11th, 1960 (July 11 1960) | Event | Independence of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger. | |
| July 11th, 1960 (July 11 1960) | Event | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published. | |
| July 11th, 1959 (July 11 1959) | Birth | Richie Sambora, American musician (Bon Jovi) | Richie Sambora Quotes |
| July 11th, 1959 (July 11 1959) | Birth | Suzanne Vega, American singer | |
| July 11th, 1959 (July 11 1959) | Birth | Dave Bennett, English footballer | |
| July 11th, 1959 (July 11 1959) | Death | Charlie Parker, English cricketer (born in 1882) | |
| July 11th, 1958 (July 11 1958) | Birth | Hugo Sanchez, Mexican footballer | Hugo Ball Quotes |
| July 11th, 1958 (July 11 1958) | Birth | Andrew Gilbert-Scott, British racing driver | |
| July 11th, 1957 (July 11 1957) | Event | Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III. | |
| July 11th, 1957 (July 11 1957) | Birth | Peter Murphy, British musician (Bauhaus) | |
| July 11th, 1957 (July 11 1957) | Birth | Michael Rose, Jamaican musician (Black Uhuru) | |
| July 11th, 1956 (July 11 1956) | Birth | Sela Ward, American actress | |
| July 11th, 1955 (July 11 1955) | Event | The phrase In God We Trust is added to all U.S. currency. | |
| July 11th, 1954 (July 11 1954) | Birth | Butch Reed, American professional wrestler | |
| July 11th, 1953 (July 11 1953) | Birth | Peter Brown, American singer, songwriter and producer | |
| July 11th, 1953 (July 11 1953) | Birth | Mindy Sterling, American actress | |
| July 11th, 1953 (July 11 1953) | Birth | Leon Spinks, American former boxer | |
| July 11th, 1952 (July 11 1952) | Birth | Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 11th, 1952 (July 11 1952) | Birth | John Kettley, English weather forecaster | |
| July 11th, 1950 (July 11 1950) | Event | Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. | |
| July 11th, 1950 (July 11 1950) | Birth | Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist | |
| July 11th, 1950 (July 11 1950) | Birth | Bruce McGill, American actor | Eric Gill Quotes |
| July 11th, 1950 (July 11 1950) | Birth | J. R. Morgan, British classical scholar | |
| July 11th, 1950 (July 11 1950) | Birth | Bonnie Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) | |
| July 11th, 1949 (July 11 1949) | Birth | Liona Boyd, English-born musician | |
| July 11th, 1947 (July 11 1947) | Event | The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. | |
| July 11th, 1947 (July 11 1947) | Birth | Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician | |
| July 11th, 1946 (July 11 1946) | Birth | Cuthbert Johnson, Benedictine abbot. | |
| July 11th, 1945 (July 11 1945) | Birth | Patrick Joseph McGrath, Catholic bishop | |
| July 11th, 1944 (July 11 1944) | Event | Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States. | |
| July 11th, 1944 (July 11 1944) | Birth | Myra Gale Brown, former wife of Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| July 11th, 1943 (July 11 1943) | Event | Massacres of Poles in Volhynia. | |
| July 11th, 1943 (July 11 1943) | Event | World War II: Allied invasion of SicilyGerman and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. | |
| July 11th, 1943 (July 11 1943) | Birth | Oscar D Leon, Venezuelan musician | |
| July 11th, 1943 (July 11 1943) | Birth | Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (died in 1983) | |
| July 11th, 1941 (July 11 1941) | Birth | Clive Puzey, Zimbabwean racing driver | |
| July 11th, 1940 (July 11 1940) | Event | World War II: Vichy France regime is formally establishedied in Henri Philippe Petain becomes Prime Minister of France. | |
| July 11th, 1940 (July 11 1940) | Birth | Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician | |
| July 11th, 1937 (July 11 1937) | Birth | Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer | |
| July 11th, 1937 (July 11 1937) | Death | George Gershwin, American composer (born in 1898) | George Gershwin Quotes |
| July 11th, 1936 (July 11 1936) | Event | The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. | |
| July 11th, 1936 (July 11 1936) | Death | James Murray, American actor (born in 1901) | |
| July 11th, 1935 (July 11 1935) | Birth | Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician | |
| July 11th, 1935 (July 11 1935) | Birth | Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist | |
| July 11th, 1934 (July 11 1934) | Birth | Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer | |
| July 11th, 1932 (July 11 1932) | Birth | Jean-Guy Talbot, French Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 11th, 1932 (July 11 1932) | Birth | Bob McGrath, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1931 (July 11 1931) | Birth | Thurston Harris, American singer (died in 1990) | |
| July 11th, 1931 (July 11 1931) | Birth | Tab Hunter, American actor | |
| July 11th, 1931 (July 11 1931) | Birth | Tullio Regge, Italian physicist | |
| July 11th, 1930 (July 11 1930) | Birth | Harold Bloom, American literary critic | |
| July 11th, 1929 (July 11 1929) | Birth | David Kelly, Irish actor | |
| July 11th, 1929 (July 11 1929) | Birth | Hermann Prey, German baritone (died in 1998) | |
| July 11th, 1929 (July 11 1929) | Death | Billy Mosforth, English footballer (born in 1857) | |
| July 11th, 1926 (July 11 1926) | Birth | Frederick Buechner, American author | |
| July 11th, 1925 (July 11 1925) | Birth | Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor | |
| July 11th, 1924 (July 11 1924) | Birth | Cesar Lattes, Brazilian physicist (died in 2005) | |
| July 11th, 1924 (July 11 1924) | Birth | Brett Somers, Canadian-born actress (died in 2007) | |
| July 11th, 1924 (July 11 1924) | Birth | Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (died in 1971) | |
| July 11th, 1922 (July 11 1922) | Event | The Hollywood Bowl opens. | |
| July 11th, 1922 (July 11 1922) | Birth | Gene Evans, American actor (died in 1998) | Evans Quotes |
| July 11th, 1921 (July 11 1921) | Event | A truce is called in the Irish War of Independence; see Irish calendar. | |
| July 11th, 1921 (July 11 1921) | Event | Former U.S. President William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice. | |
| July 11th, 1921 (July 11 1921) | Event | Outer Mongolia gains its independence from the Republic of China. | |
| July 11th, 1921 (July 11 1921) | Birth | Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress | |
| July 11th, 1920 (July 11 1920) | Birth | Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (died in 1985) | |
| July 11th, 1920 (July 11 1920) | Death | Empress Eugenie de Montijo of France (born in 1826) | |
| July 11th, 1919 (July 11 1919) | Event | The eight-hour working day and free Sunday become law in the Netherlands. | |
| July 11th, 1916 (July 11 1916) | Birth | Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 2002) | |
| July 11th, 1916 (July 11 1916) | Birth | Reg Varney, English actor | |
| July 11th, 1916 (July 11 1916) | Birth | Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia | |
| July 11th, 1914 (July 11 1914) | Event | Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major league baseball. | Babe Ruth Quotes |
| July 11th, 1913 (July 11 1913) | Birth | Cordwainer Smith, American writer (died in 1966) | |
| July 11th, 1910 (July 11 1910) | Birth | Irene Hervey, American actress (died in 1998) | |
| July 11th, 1909 (July 11 1909) | Death | Simon Newcomb, American astronomer and mathematician (born in 1835) | |
| July 11th, 1906 (July 11 1906) | Event | The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser s An American Tragedy. | Theodore Dreiser Quotes |
| July 11th, 1906 (July 11 1906) | Birth | Herbert Wehner, German politician (died in 1990) | |
| July 11th, 1903 (July 11 1903) | Birth | Rudolf Abel, Soviet intelligence officer (died in 1971) | |
| July 11th, 1903 (July 11 1903) | Birth | Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (died in 1976) | |
| July 11th, 1899 (July 11 1899) | Birth | E. B. White, American writer (died in 1985) | |
| July 11th, 1897 (July 11 1897) | Event | Salomon August Andree leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies. | |
| July 11th, 1897 (July 11 1897) | Birth | Bull Connor, American law enforcement official (died in 1973) | |
| July 11th, 1895 (July 11 1895) | Event | The Lumiere brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists. | |
| July 11th, 1895 (July 11 1895) | Birth | Dolly Wilde, English socialite (died in 1941) | |
| July 11th, 1893 (July 11 1893) | Event | The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. | |
| July 11th, 1893 (July 11 1893) | Event | A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, Jose Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua. | |
| July 11th, 1892 (July 11 1892) | Birth | Thomas Mitchell, American film actor and screenwriter (died in 1962) | |
| July 11th, 1889 (July 11 1889) | Event | Tijuana, Mexico, is founded. | |
| July 11th, 1886 (July 11 1886) | Birth | Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (died in 1939) | |
| July 11th, 1882 (July 11 1882) | Event | The British Mediterranean fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War. | Ang Lee Quotes |
| July 11th, 1866 (July 11 1866) | Birth | Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (died in 1953) | |
| July 11th, 1864 (July 11 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.. | |
| July 11th, 1864 (July 11 1864) | Birth | Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (died in 1944) | |
| July 11th, 1859 (July 11 1859) | Event | A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published. | Charles Dickens Quotes |
| July 11th, 1851 (July 11 1851) | Birth | Millie and Christine McCoy, Conjoined twins (died in 1912) | |
| July 11th, 1850 (July 11 1850) | Birth | Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (died in 1938) | |
| July 11th, 1848 (July 11 1848) | Event | Waterloo railway station in London opens. | |
| July 11th, 1846 (July 11 1846) | Birth | Leon Bloy, French writer (died in 1917) | |
| July 11th, 1844 (July 11 1844) | Death | Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (born in 1800) | |
| July 11th, 1832 (July 11 1832) | Birth | Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician (died in 1896) | |
| July 11th, 1826 (July 11 1826) | Birth | Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (died in 1871) | |
| July 11th, 1825 (July 11 1825) | Death | Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (born in 1744) | |
| July 11th, 1811 (July 11 1811) | Event | Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases. | |
| July 11th, 1806 (July 11 1806) | Death | James Smith, American signer of the Declaration of Independence | James Smith Quotes |
| July 11th, 1804 (July 11 1804) | Event | Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel. | Alexander Hamilton Quotes |
| July 11th, 1798 (July 11 1798) | Event | The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War. | |
| July 11th, 1797 (July 11 1797) | Death | Ienachita Vacarescu, Wallachian writer (born in 1740) | |
| July 11th, 1796 (July 11 1796) | Event | The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty. | |
| July 11th, 1789 (July 11 1789) | Event | Jacques Necker is dismissed as France s Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille. | |
| July 11th, 1776 (July 11 1776) | Event | Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. | |
| July 11th, 1775 (July 11 1775) | Death | Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (born in 1724) | |
| July 11th, 1774 (July 11 1774) | Death | Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer | |
| July 11th, 1767 (July 11 1767) | Birth | John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (died in 1848) | John Quincy Adams Quotes |
| July 11th, 1766 (July 11 1766) | Death | Elizabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain (born in 1692) | |
| July 11th, 1754 (July 11 1754) | Birth | Thomas Bowdler, English physician and censor (died in 1825) | |
| July 11th, 1751 (July 11 1751) | Birth | Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died in 1775) | |
| July 11th, 1750 (July 11 1750) | Event | Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire. | |
| July 11th, 1740 (July 11 1740) | Event | Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia. | |
| July 11th, 1735 (July 11 1735) | Event | Mathematical calculations suggest that it was on this day that Pluto moved from the ninth to the eighth most distant planet from the Sun for the last time before 1979. | |
| July 11th, 1723 (July 11 1723) | Birth | Jean-Francois Marmontel, French historian and writer (died in 1799) | |
| July 11th, 1709 (July 11 1709) | Birth | Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist (died in 1785) | |
| July 11th, 1688 (July 11 1688) | Death | King Narai of Siam (born in 1629) | |
| July 11th, 1679 (July 11 1679) | Death | William Chamberlayne, English poet (born in 1619) | |
| July 11th, 1662 (July 11 1662) | Birth | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (died in 1726) | |
| July 11th, 1657 (July 11 1657) | Birth | King Frederick I of Prussia (died in 1713) | |
| July 11th, 1628 (July 11 1628) | Birth | Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (died in 1701) | |
| July 11th, 1616 (July 11 1616) | Event | Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec. | |
| July 11th, 1603 (July 11 1603) | Birth | Kenelm Digby, English privateer (died in 1665) | |
| July 11th, 1581 (July 11 1581) | Death | Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero | |
| July 11th, 1576 (July 11 1576) | Event | Martin Frobisher sights Greenland. | |
| July 11th, 1561 (July 11 1561) | Birth | Luis de Gongora, Spanish poet (died in 1627) | |
| July 11th, 1535 (July 11 1535) | Death | Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (born in 1484) | |
| July 11th, 1476 (July 11 1476) | Event | Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances. | |
| July 11th, 1405 (July 11 1405) | Event | Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time. | |
| July 11th, 1366 (July 11 1366) | Birth | Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (died in 1394) | |
| July 11th, 1346 (July 11 1346) | Event | Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. | |
| July 11th, 1302 (July 11 1302) | Event | Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch)a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France s massive army. | |
| July 11th, 1302 (July 11 1302) | Death | Robert II of Artois, French soldier (born in 1250) | |
| July 11th, 1274 (July 11 1274) | Birth | Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (died in 1329) | |
| July 11th, 1183 (July 11 1183) | Death | Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria | |
| July 11th, 1174 (July 11 1174) | Death | King Amalric I of Jerusalem (born in 1136) | |
| July 11th, 1156 (July 11 1156) | Event | Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan. | |
| July 11th, 0969 (July 11 0969) | Death | Olga of Kiev | |
| July 11th, 0937 (July 11 0937) | Death | King Rudolph II of Burgundy | |
| July 11th, 0911 (July 11 0911) | Event | Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. | |
| July 11th, 0472 (July 11 0472) | Death | Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire | |
