The Phenomenon of November 11: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1641  Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies   

1647  Massachusetts passes inaugural US compulsory school attendance law.   

1647  Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law.   

1648  Dutch and French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands.   

1657  Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars).   

1671  Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine   

1673  Second Battle of Khotyn in the Ukraine, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski. defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets of Kazimierz Siemienowicz were successfully used.   

1675  Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the inaugural time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function.   

1675  Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, 9th sikh guru.   

1679  Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scientist   

1688  Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England   

1688  Lorenzo Somis, composer.   

1690  Gerhard Hoffmann, composer   

1696  Andrea Zani, composer.   

1714  A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street.   

1722  Johann Philipp Sack, composer   

1724  Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.   

1724  Willem A Alting, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1780-97).   

1725  Georg F Handel's opera "Tamerlano," premieres in London   

1731  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer   

1736  Johann H Schepp, German/Neth engraver   

1744  Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd 1st lady (1797-1801)   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England.   

1748  Carlos IV, king of Spain (1788-1808).   

1750  The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the inaugural college fraternity   

1752  Theresianische Military Academy opens in Vienna.   

1755  Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91.   

1767  Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster.   

1771  Ephraim McDowell, surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery)   

1772  John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84   

1778  Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre   

1788  Michal Wielhorski, composer.   

1790  Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China.   

1805  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein.   

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