Major Events
- 1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
- 1783 Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War after the Continental Congress proclaims the "Cessation of Arms" against His Britannic Majesty [1]
- 1814 Napoléon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
- 1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
- 1955 Chartered Air India plane the "Kashmir Princess" is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent
- 1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act
- 1979 Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya
- 2015 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the first meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution
- 2019 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 29 years in power following massive street protests
- More April 11 Events
Apr 11 in Film & TV
- 1955 "Marty" directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
- 1966 Frank Sinatra records "Strangers in the Night" single for his album of the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts
Apr 11 in Sport
- 1750 Jack Slack retains Champion of England boxing title, beats Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds in Harlston, England; acknowledged as first international prize fight
Did You Know?
The first modern submarine designed and built by John Philip Holland, USS Holland is acquired by the U.S. Navy
Septimius Severus
John I of Portugal
George Canning
Masaru Ibuka
Richard Kuklinski
Ethel Kennedy
Joel Grey
Jeremy Clarkson
Tricia Helfer
Alessandra Ambrosio
Oliver Riedel
Joss Stone
Fun Fact About April 11
Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China
Famous Weddings
- 1799 Politician Henry Clay (21) weds Lucretia Hart in Lexington, Kentucky
- 1888 Industrialist Henry Ford (24) weds Clara Jane Bryant (22) in Greenfield Township, Michigan
- 1911 Actress Mae West (17) weds fellow vaudevillian Frank Wallace (21) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Famous Divorces
- 2007 "Dynasty" actress Heather Locklear (45) divorces American rock star Richie Sambora (47) due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage
More April 11 Weddings
James Anthony Bailey
Luther Burbank
Enver Hoxha
Kurt Vonnegut
Jonathan Winters
Maria TallchiefArticles, Photos and Quiz
Battle of Ravenna
The Battle of Ravenna, fought between forces of the Holy League and France
April 11, 1512
Model T
The 1910 Model T Ford
April 11, 1910
From Hate And Horror To Worldwide Acclaim
Elie Wiesel, who went on to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was among the thousands freed from Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany on this day.
April 11, 1945
