Year 660
Emperor Jimmu formed the nation of Japan.
FEBRUARY 11
Daily Historical Chronicle
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11 February: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 11 February.
Observances & Special Days
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Year 1613
Mughal Emperor Jahangir allowed the East India Company to set up a factory at Surat.
Year 1660
Aurangzeb send Mukhtar Khan to Aurangabad, giving him charge of the Deccan.
Year 1856
The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
Year 1911
Henry Pique became the first Indian to fly a Hunter Lee Air Mail flew from Allahabad to Naini, a village 10 km away.
Year 1929
Vatican City was separated from Italy by a special treaty signed between Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini in the Lateran Treaty.
Year 1959
The great Indian cricketer Veenu Mankad played his last Test against the West Indies in Delhi.
Year 1979
Prime Minister Morarji Desai declared the Cellular Jail on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands a national monument.
Year 1990
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years in prison.
Year 2014
A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
Year 2015
A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
Year 2016
A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
Year 2017
North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
Year 2018
Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
Born 1800
William Henry Fox, an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer.
Born 1839
Almon Brown Strowger, an American inventor.
Born 1847
Thomas Alva Edison, an American inventor, and businessman.
Born 1932
Raavi Kondala Rao, an Indian film actor.
Born 1969
Jennifer Aniston, an American actress, producer, and businesswoman
Born 1992
Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist
Born 1993
Ben McLemore, American basketball player
Born 1994
Dansby Swanson, American baseball player
Born 1996
Jonathan Tah, German footballer
Died 1650
René Descartes, a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.
Died 1942
Jamnalal Bajaj, an Indian industrialist, a philanthropist, and an Indian independence fighter.
Died 1968
Deendayal Upadhyaya, an Indian politician and thinker of right-wing Hindutva ideology.
Died 1977
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, an Indian lawyer, and politician who served as the fifth President of India.
Died 1993
Kamal Amrohi, an Indian film director and screenwriter.