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April 11 in history

205 sourced entries recorded on April 11, from 145 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 582John Nesteutes becomes the 33rd bishop or patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 882Battle of Remich: A Frankish army under Bishop Wala of Metz is defeated by Vikings, who are on a raid, near Remich (modern Luxembourg). During the fighting Wala is killed.source
  • 1034Emperor Romanos III (Argyros) is drowned in his bath, at the urging of his wife Zoë, who marries her chamberlain, and elevates him to the throne of the Byzantine Empire, as Michael IV. Romanos is buried in the Church of St. Mary Peribleptos in Constantinople.source
  • 1070Stigand is deposed as Archbishop of Canterbury in England by papal legates and imprisoned.source
  • 1241Battle of Mohi: Batu Khan and Subutai defeat Béla IV of Hungary. The battle is the last major event in the Mongol Invasion of Europe.source
  • 1317In Italy's Republic of Massa, coinage is resumed by arrangement of the Republic and of the Benzi family.source
  • 1392In order to prevent an attack by the Duchy of Milan, led by Lord Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the Republic of Florence forms the League of Bologna, a defensive alliance with other Italian city-states of Bologna, Padua, Ferrara, Imola, Faenza and Ravenna.source
  • 1405The three sons of Philip the Bold—John the Fearless, Philip II, and Anthony— agree at Arras to partition the Burgundian lands of their father between themselves, with John to retain Flanders, Philip to take the County of Nevers, and Anthony to retain Rethel as well to purchase the Duchy of Brabant from John.source
  • 1451Celje acquires market town status and town rights, by orders from Count Frederic II of Celje.source
  • 1472The first printed edition of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy is published in Foligno.source
  • 1499The Battle of Schwaderloh is won by the Swiss Confederacy over the Swabian League with more than 1,400 of the Swabian troops killed.source
  • 1501The Rebellion in the Alpujarras ends in southern Spain with a treaty of surrender of the last Muslim insurgents in the Alpujarra Mountains in Andalusia on the Mediterranean Sea. The Muslims are given the choice of expulsion or conversion to Christianity.source
  • 1502Dmitry Ivanovich Vnuk, who had been the teenage co-ruler of the Grand Duchy of Moscow since 1498 with his grandfather Ivan III, is arrested along with his mother, Elena of Moldavia on suspicion of conspiracy. Ivan designates his son (and Dmitry's uncle) Vasili Ivanovich as the new heir to the throne of Moscow.source
  • 1512War of the League of Cambrai – Battle of Ravenna: French troops under Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, assisted by the Duchy of Ferrara, defeat the Spanish and Papal States troops led by Ramón de Cardona. Gaston is killed in the pursuit as the Spanish retreat, and at least 3,000 of his troops are killed. More than 9,000 Spanish and Papal troops are killed, and 17,000 civilians in and around the city of Ravenna are massacred.source
  • 1535The visiting Ottoman envoys to France depart from Marseille, six months after having arrived from Istanbul in October. Jean de La Forêt, the new French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, accompanies the Ottoman fleet with his party on a French galley, and the group sails to Tunis.source
  • 1544Battle of Ceresole: French forces under the Comte d'Enghien defeat forces of the Holy Roman Empire, under the Marques Del Vasto, near Turin.source
  • 1552Metz Cathedral is consecrated.source
  • 1612In Lichfield, Edward Wightman, a radical Anabaptist, becomes the last person to be burned at the stake in England as punishment for heresy.source
  • 1623King Gwanghaegun of Joseon (in Korea) is deposed in the Injo coup and succeeded by King Injo.source
  • 1635Formal representations from Balthazar Gerbier, English resident in Brussels, about Dunkirkers interfering with English shipping.source
  • 1654A commercial treaty between England and Sweden is signed.source
  • 1654Anglo-Swedish alliance: A commercial treaty between England and Sweden is signed.source
  • 1670Conventicles Act 1670 receives royal assent, imposing fines for attendance at "seditious conventicles" (any religious assembly other than of the Church of England).source
  • 1677Franco-Dutch War: Battle of Cassel – A French force under Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, defeats a combined Dutch-Spanish force under William of Orange in French Flanders.source
  • 1681Following the death of its last count, the Palatinate-Landsberg passes to the King of Sweden.source
  • 1689crowning of William and Mary as King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey by the Bishop of London, Henry Compton. Ireland does not yet recognise them.source
  • 1689April 11 (O.S.) – William III and Mary II are crowned in London as King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Ireland does not recognise them yet, while the Estates of Scotland declare King James VII deposed.source
  • 1705English captain Thomas Green and two of his crew are hanged at Leith for alleged piracy on the Malabar Coast.source
  • 1712Great Northern War: the Battle of Fladstrand takes place at sea near Fladstrand, Jylland, between Swedish and Danish forces.source
  • 1713The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession. France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.source
  • 1713The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession; France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.source
  • 1714France signs five separate treaties— with Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia and Savoy— to end hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession following the negotiations of the Peace of Utrecht.source
  • 1727Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244b) premieres at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.source
  • 1746to annul future marriages celebrated by Roman Catholic priests if either (or both) of the parties are Protestant.source
  • 1746preventing Irish subjects in the service of France or Spain from holding property.source
  • 1746"for licensing hawkers and pedlars and for the encouragement of English Protestant schools" provides grants for charter schools.source
  • 1750Jack Slack (a butcher of Norwich) defeats Jack Broughton to become bare-knuckle boxing Champion of Englandsource
  • 1760The Burmese Army, under the command of King Alaungpaya, reaches the outskirts of Siam's capital, Ayutthaya, but then retreats rather than laying siege to the city.source
  • 1763Britain allows Canadians the free exercise of their religion.source
  • 1781Oplandenes amt was split into two, with the western part becoming Kristians amt and the eastern part becoming Hedemarkens amt.source
  • 1786Columbia College (modern-day Columbia University) holds its first graduation, with eight students, including DeWitt Clinton.source
  • 1807April 4–12 – Froberg mutiny: The British suppress a mutiny at Fort Ricasoli, Malta, by men of the irregularly-recruited Froberg Regiment.source
  • 1809April 11–15 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of the Basque Roads: The British Royal Navy defeats the French fleet in the mouth of the Charente, although officers on both sides face subsequent courts-martial.source
  • 1814Napoleonic Wars – Treaty of Fontainebleau: The War of the Sixth Coalition ends, and Napoleon is forced to abdicate unconditionally as Emperor of the French.source
  • 1816March 30–April 11 – In Philadelphia, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is established by Richard Allen and other African-American Methodists, the first such denomination in the U.S. completely independent of White churches.source
  • 1816In Philadelphia, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is established by Richard Allen and other African-American Methodists, the first such denomination completely independent of White churches.source
  • 1828The city of Bahía Blanca in modern-day Argentina is founded.source
  • 1838Battle of Italeni where the AmaZulu repulsed the Voortrekkers close to uMgungundlovu.source
  • 1848The first Hungarian national government is formed, under the leadership of Lajos Batthyány. The April Laws, the first democratic revolutionary laws in Hungary, are promulgated, putting an end to the feudal privileges of the nobility and serfdom; proclaiming the freedom of religion, freedom of the press and foundation of the Hungarian National Bank; and organising the first democratic election in Hungary based in popular representation, a national guard and reunion of Transylvania with Hungary. The Habsburg emperor, and Hungarian king Ferdinand I of Austria, ratify these laws, which form the basis of modern Hungary.source
  • 1856Campaign of 1856–57: Second Battle of Rivassource
  • 1856At a public meeting in Melbourne, Dr Thomas Embling repeated the slogan "eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest".source
  • 1856Trial of Offences Act provides for criminal trials to be transferred to the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in London if there is a risk that a fair trial at a local assize may be prejudiced. This is in response to the case of Dr William Palmer, the "Rugeley Poisoner", who on 27 May will be found guilty at the Old Bailey of murder.source
  • 1862Belgian Navy abolished.source
  • 1868April 9–13 – Battle of Magdala: A British-Indian task force under Robert Napier inflicts 700 deaths and a crushing defeat on the army of Emperor Tewodros II; the British and Indians suffer 30 wounded, two of whom subsequently die. Tewodros commits suicide and Magdala is captured, ending the British Expedition to Abyssinia.source
  • 1868July – Fall of Edo: The Japanese city surrenders to Emperor Meiji. Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu submits to the Emperor.source
  • 1870A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes the Chinese county of Batang causing a fire that leaves about 5,000 dead.source
  • 1871Funeral of Prince Alexander John of Wales at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringhamsource
  • 1880A presidential election results in the assumption of the presidency by General Julio Argentino Roca, who defeats the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Carlos Tejedor. Thus the Generation of '80 begins its rule in Argentina. Under Roca's presidency, the so-called "laicist laws" (Leyes Laicas) are passed, which nationalizing functions that had previously been under the control of the Church.source
  • 1881Spelman College is established in Atlanta, Georgia.source
  • 1885Luton Town Football Club is created by the merger of (Luton) Wanderers F.C. and Luton Excelsior F.C. in England.source
  • 1886Sinking of the steamer Taiaroa near the mouth of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River with the loss of 34 lives.source
  • 1888The Concertgebouw orchestra in Amsterdam is inaugurated.source
  • 1888Earthquake centred on Corwen.source
  • 1899U.S. President William McKinley declares the Spanish–American War to be at an end as the Treaty of Paris between the U.S. and Spain goes into effect. Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam are ceded to the U.S. and Cuba becomes an American protectorate.source
  • 1902Tenor Enrico Caruso makes the first million-selling recording, for the Gramophone Company in Milan.source
  • 1904April 8–11 – At the Eighth Congress of the Italian Socialist Party in Bologna the revolutionary syndicalists led by Arturo Labriola and Enrico Ferri's left centre together win a clear majority, ending the cautious rapprochement of the reformist leader Filippo Turati with Giolitti to advance social reforms.source
  • 1909The city of Tel Aviv (known in its first year as Ahuzat Bayit) is founded by the Jewish community, on the outskirts of Jaffa (at this time in the Ottoman Empire).source
  • 1909coming into effect of Children Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 67), establishing separate juvenile courts for 10–16-year-olds; abolishing the use of custody for under-fourteens and hanging for under-sixteens; introducing the registration of foster parents; and restricting access for under-16s to cigarettes and alcohol.source
  • 1909Ungmennafélagið Afturelding is foundedsource
  • 1912RMS Titanic makes her last call, at Queenstown in Ireland.source
  • 1914Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major.source
  • 1916WWI: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins the occupation of the Sinai Peninsula.source
  • 1917Brazil breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.source
  • 1917Rasmus Høydahl Ohme, marketer (born 1865)source
  • 1920Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón flees from Mexico City (during a trial intended to ruin his reputation) to Guerrero, where he joins Fortunato Maycotte.source
  • 1921The Emirate of Transjordan is created under British Mandate, with Abdullah I as emir.source
  • 1924Minda Ramm, novelist, translator and literary critic (born 1859).source
  • 1926Partial mobilization as a precaution after a speech of Italian dictator Benito Mussolinisource
  • 1930Anglo-Indian hunter Jim Corbett shot the second of the man-eating tigers of Chowgarh.source
  • 19321932 German presidential election: Paul von Hindenburg is re-elected as Reichspräsident, defeating Hitler.source
  • 1933Aviator Bill Lancaster takes off from Lympne in England, in an attempt to make a speed record to the Cape of Good Hope, but vanishes (his body is not found in the Sahara Desert until 1962).source
  • 1935The 1935 Danish general election is held, resulting in Thorvald Stauning becoming the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Denmark.source
  • 1944Heavy allied bombing of industrial targets and transport infrastructure in Belgian cities.source
  • 1951U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.source
  • 1951After its clandestine removal from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950, the Stone of Scone resurfaces at Arbroath Abbey in Scotland.source
  • 1952Battle of Nanri Island: The Republic of China seizes the island from the People's Republic of China.source
  • 1952Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.source
  • 1952During the Operation Four Roses, two ranking Huk department members, William J. Pomeroy, an American and also the propaganda chief, and his wife Celia Mariano, along with up to 30 companions, are arrested by the army in a raid at a part of Sierra Madre in Papaya, Nueva Ecija, near its boundaries with the provinces of Bulacan and Quezon.source
  • 1952Pan Am Flight 526A, Douglas DC-4 Clipper Endeavor, suffers failure of two engines and ditches in rough seas 11.3 miles (18 km) northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico in the Atlantic Ocean, sinking in minutes; 52 of the 69 people on board die. After this accident the implementation of pre-flight safety demonstrations is recommended. The aircraft's wreckage will be discovered in 2026.source
  • 1954In a general election in Belgium, the dominant Christian Social Party wins 95 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, and 49 of the 106 seats in the Senate. The government led by Jean Van Houtte loses their majority in parliament. The two other main parties, the Socialist and Liberal Party, subsequently form a rare "purple" government, with Achille Van Acker as Prime Minister.source
  • 1954This day is denoted as the most boring day in the 20th century by True Knowledge, an answer engine developed by William Tunstall-Pedoe. No significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened on this day.source
  • 1955Taekwondo, a form of Korean martial arts, is officially recognized in South Korea. A board convened by General Choi Hong Hi, including master instructors, historians and societal leaders, officially adopts the name Taekwon-Do for the unified Korean martial art.source
  • 1955The Taiwanese Kuomintang put a bomb on the airplane Kashmir Princess, killing 16 but failing to assassinate the People's Republic of China leader, Zhou Enlai.source
  • 1961The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.source
  • 1963Pope John XXIII issues his final encyclical, Pacem in terris, entitled On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty, the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will", rather than to Roman Catholics only.source
  • 1964The Brazilian Congress elects Field Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco as President of Brazil.source
  • 1964A tornado in the Narail and Magura regions of Jessore District in East Pakistan destroys villages and kills as many as 500 people.source
  • 1965Qantas launches the first trans-Tasman jet service, between Christchurch and Sydney using Boeing 707 aircraft.source
  • 1968German left-wing students blockade the Springer Press headquarters in Berlin and many are arrested (one of them Ulrike Meinhof).source
  • 1970Apollo program: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert) is launched from the United States toward the Moon.source
  • 1970An avalanche at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the French Alps kills 74, mostly young boys.source
  • 1971Members of the IBPP stage a hunger strike at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to demand meetings with government officials over poverty, housing inequality, and social discrimination.source
  • 1974The Kiryat Shmona massacre takes place in Israel.source
  • 1977London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.source
  • 1978Color television is introduced, Chile adopts the US standard NTSC-M and channels 13, 9, UCV and TVN begin broadcasting in full color.source
  • 1979Uganda–Tanzania War: Fall of Kampala: Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda; Idi Amin flees.source
  • 1979The Razorback Blockade, a truck drivers' blockade, which had disrupted the eastern states for 10 days, ends. The truck drivers had been protesting against state road taxes and low cartage rates.source
  • 19811981 Brixton riot: Rioters in south London, UK, throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.source
  • 1983News of "spy flights" by Royal Australian Air Force aircraft over Tasmania under orders from Minister Gareth Evans sparks outrage.source
  • 1983Spain's Seve Ballesteros won the 47th PGA Masters Tournament.source
  • 1986The infamous FBI shootout in Miami results in the death of two FBI agents and the wounding of five others.source
  • 1986The Plaza Shopping Centre in Palmerston North, then known as the PDC Plaza, is officially opened by Prime Minister David Lange.source
  • 1987A Palestinian terrorist firebombs an Israeli family's car in the West Bank, murdering Ofra Moses and her five-year-old son Tal. In response, settlers riot through the Palestinian town of Qalqilya.source
  • 1991Thiago Alcântara, footballersource
  • 1993Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.source
  • 1995The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting is held. The assembled Premiers and territory leaders endorse a program of reforms envisaged by Professor Fred Hilmer's National Competition Policy Review.source
  • 1996The Israeli government launches Operation Grapes of Wrath, consisting of massive attacks on Lebanon, in retaliation for "terrorist attacks", and sparking off a violent series of retaliations.source
  • 2001Australia's football team wins against American Samoa in a record 31–0 victory, just two days after setting the record with a 0–22 victory against Tonga.source
  • 2002Llaguno Overpass events: a shootout takes place between the Caracas Metropolitan Police and pro-government Bolivarian Circles in central Caracas, Venezuela, near the presidential Miraflores Palace, causing 19 deaths and injuring 127 people. The military high command refuse President Hugo Chávez's order to implement the Plan Ávila as a response to the protests and demands his resignation. President Chávez is subsequently arrested by the military. Chávez's request for asylum in Cuba is denied, and he is ordered to be tried in a Venezuelan court.source
  • 2004April 10–11 – Mass protests in Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai and Đắk Nông provinces.source
  • 2006President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.source
  • 2006The European Space Agency's Venus Express space probe enters Venus' orbit.source
  • 2007Several explosions in Algiers, Algeria, leave 23 dead and dozens of people injured.source
  • 2008Suicide bombings killed at least four people—three of them police. The first bombing was in Ramadi, the provincial capital of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province. At least three national police officers were killed. The second attack took place at a checkpoint about 20 km north of Baiji, the bomber and one other person a local Awakening Council were killed. Also, at least three people were killed in a mortar attack on Baghdad's Palestine Hotel.source
  • 2009April 8 - April 12 – Maersk Alabama Hijacking occurs, the ship being taken over by Somalian pirates off the coast of Somalia.source
  • 2011Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected President Alassane Ouattara, with support from French forces; this effectively ends the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis and civil war.source
  • 2012Kim Jong Un was elected First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and his father, Kim Jong Il, was given the appellation "Eternal General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea".source
  • 2012An 8.6 earthquake strikes Indonesia triggering a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aceh.source
  • 2016Jean Ravelonarivo left office as Prime Ministersource
  • 2018April 4–15 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.source
  • 2019Amid mass protests, Omar al-Bashir is deposed as President of Sudan in a coup d'état, after nearly 30 years in office.source
  • 2019WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is arrested after seven years in Ecuador's embassy in London.source
  • 2021Peru holds a general election, with Pedro Castillo and the left-wing Free Peru party winning.source
  • 2021Iran accuses Israel of "nuclear terrorism" and vows revenge after a large explosion destroys the internal power system of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant.source
  • 2021Hideki Matsuyama wins the 2021 Masters Tournament, becoming the first man from Japan to win a major golf championship.source
  • 2022The National Assembly of Pakistan elects leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan, after Imran Khan is removed from office following a motion of no confidence two days prior.source
  • 2023Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera pardons 200 prisoners, including a former minister convicted of corruption, his office says.source
  • 2025Direct flights from Bermuda to Raleigh, North Carolina are inaugurated by BermudAir.source

Births

  • 145Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (died 211)source
  • 1184William Longsword, lord of Lüneburg (died 1213)source
  • 1316Édouard I, French nobleman, knight and marshal (died 1351)source
  • 1348Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (died 1385)source
  • 1357King John I of Portugal (died 1433)source
  • 1370Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1428)source
  • 1374Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (died 1398)source
  • 1492Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (died 1549)source
  • 1493George I, Duke of Pomerania from the House of Griffins (died 1531)source
  • 1543George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (died 1592)source
  • 1557John Wemyss (landowner)source
  • 1592John Eliot, Member of Parliament, Statesman, Vice-Admiral of Devon (died 1632)source
  • 1598William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, German nobleman (died 1662)source
  • 1614Helena Fourment, Dutch model, second wife of Peter Paul Rubens (died 1673)source
  • 1644Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy (died 1724)source
  • 1649Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, (died 1703 in Germany)source
  • 1658James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (died 1712)source
  • 1722Christopher Smart, English poet (died 1771)source
  • 1722Christopher Smart, poet (died 1771)source
  • 1749Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French portrait painter (died 1803)source
  • 1755James Parkinson, English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist (died 1824)source
  • 1770George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1827)source
  • 1794Edward Everett, American politician (died 1865)source
  • 1794Edward Everett, politician (died 1865)source
  • 1825Ferdinand Lassalle, Prussian-German philosopher, socialist and politician (died 1864)source
  • 1862Charles Evans Hughes, American jurist, politician, Chief Justice of the United States (died 1948)source
  • 1908Masaru Ibuka, electronics industrialist, co-founder of Sony (died 1997)source
  • 1916Alberto Ginastera, composer (died 1983)source
  • 1960Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist, television show host and comediansource

Deaths

  • 618Emperor Yang of Sui, emperor of the Sui dynasty (born 569)source
  • 622Luo Shixin, Tang dynasty generalsource
  • 678Pope Donus dies at Rome, after a reign of 1 year and 160 days. He is succeeded by Agatho I, who becomes the 79th pope. He is the first pope to stop paying tribute to Emperor Constantine IV upon election.source
  • 924Herman I, archbishop of Colognesource
  • 1034Romanos III (Argyros), Byzantine emperor (born 968)source
  • 1077Anawrahta, founder of the Pagan Empire (born 1014)source
  • 1079Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop (born 1030)source
  • 1079Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków, is executed on orders by King Bolesław II the Generous. The way in which his sentence is carried out causes a revolt among the Polish nobles. Bolesław is forced to flee, to take refuge at the court of King Ladislaus I of Hungary. He is succeeded by his brother Władysław I, as ruler of Poland.source
  • 1117Tescelin le Roux, Burgundian nobleman (born 1070)source
  • 1165Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia (born 1133)source
  • 1165Ibn al-Tilmidh, Arab physician and calligrapher (born 1074)source
  • 1236Walter II de Beauchamp, English sheriff (born 1192)source
  • 1240Llywelyn the Great, Welsh king of Gwyneddsource
  • 1241Matthias Rátót, archbishop of Esztergom (born c. 1206) — killed in the Battle of Mohisource
  • 1241Denis Tomaj, palatine of Hungary — killed in the Battle of Mohisource
  • 1241Ugrin Csák (born c. 1190) — killed in the Battle of Mohisource
  • 1241Raynald of Belleville, bishop of Transylvania — killed in the Battle of Mohisource
  • 1304Maud de Lacy, Norman noblewoman (suo jure) (born 1230)source
  • 1447Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377)source
  • 1458Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (born 1428)source
  • 1512Gaston de Foix, French military commander (born 1489)source
  • 1554Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel (executed) (born 1521)source
  • 1587Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (born 1530)source
  • 1612Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (burned at the stake) (born 1580)source
  • 1620Steen Ottesen Brahe, privy counsellor and landowner (born 1547)source
  • 1698Charles Morton, Cornish nonconformist minister (born 1627)source
  • 1712Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (born 1638)source
  • 1713Anne Clausdatter, businesswoman and owner of Borgestad Manor in Skien (born 1659)source
  • 1743Jean-Baptiste Chardon, jesuit missionary (born 1672).source
  • 1778Miklabæjar-Solveig, Folklore figure.source
  • 1839John Galt, Scottish novelist (born 1779)source
  • 1870Justo José de Urquiza, General, First constitutional President of Argentina (assassinated) (born 1801)source
  • 1890Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man), British oddity (born 1862)source
  • 1968Josef Bachmann tries to assassinate Rudi Dutschke, leader of the left-wing movement (APO) in Germany, and tries to commit suicide afterwards, failing in both, although Dutschke dies of his brain injuries 11 years later.source
  • 1983Dolores del Río, 78, Mexican actress, one of the most important female figures in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, famed in American cinema for portraying a feminine version of the Latin lover,liver failuresource
  • 1985Enver Hoxha, 76, Albanian dictator, first secretary (since 1941) and prime minister (1944–1954), arrhythmia.source
  • 2007Kurt Vonnegut, 84, American novelist (Slaughterhouse-Five) and social critic, brain injury from a fall.source
  • 2023Myanmar civil war: In the village of Pazigyi, at least 165 people are killed by the Myanmar Air Force during the opening celebrations of a People's Defence Force administration office.source