Historical Events In July - 11

1616  On this day in history samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.   

1635  Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan on this day in history.   

1649  Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history the birth of First Quaker colonists land at Boston   

1657  On this day in history frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)   

1662  Maximilian II Emanuel, elect of Bayern on July - 11.   

1667  On July - 11 john Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried   

1673  On July - 11 netherlands & Denmark signs defense treaty   

1686  Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ire)   

1690  Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75 on this day in history.   

1694  Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer on July - 11.   

1697  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer on this day in history.   

1708  Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France on July - 11.   

1735  On July - 11 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.   

1738  Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne   

1740  Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews on this day in history.   

1750  Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history the birth of Thomas Bowdler, British censor.   

1754  Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare on this day in history.   

1767  The birth of John Quincy Adams, Former (6th) American President on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history john Quincy Adams, Braintree (Quincy) Mass, 6th Pres (D) (1825-1829)   

1768  On July - 11 jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66   

1774  Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer on July - 11.   

1776  On this day in history captain James Cook begins his third voyage   

1781  Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of the US on this day in history.   

1781  On July - 11 thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US   

1781  On this day in history adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60   

1789  On July - 11 uS Marine Corps created by an act of Congress   

1792  On July - 11 prussia army moves into French territory   

1798  On this day in history reestablishment of Marine Corps under the Constitution   

1798  US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress on this day in history.   

1798  On July - 11 uS Marine Corps forms   

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1274  Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) was born on July - 11.   

1366  On this day in history birth of anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)   

1540  On July - 11 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg   

1558  On this day in history birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) was born on July - 11.   

1603  On this day in history birth of kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)   

1628  On July - 11 birth of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)   

1657  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) was born on this day in history.   

0155  On this day in history pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  On this day in history death of anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   

0937  On this day in history death of king Rudolph II of Burgundy   

0969  On July - 11 death of olga of Kiev   

1174  On July - 11 amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

1183  Death of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria on July - 11.   

1302  On this day in history jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on July - 11.