11th April anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Dan Maskell, British tennis player, coach and commentator ."
  • 1908
  • Poland
  • "Birth of Leo Rosten, Polish-born American author and screenwriter ."
• event
  • 1644
  • Great Britain
  • "Battle of Selby, a victory for the Roundheads in the English Civil War" more
  • 1689
  • Great Britain
  • William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
  • 1727
  • Germany
  • First performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion.
  • 1888
  • Netherlands
  • Inauguration of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam more
  • 1905
  • United States
  • Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity (see 1916)
  • 1909
  • France
  • Joan of Arc was beatified by Pope Pius X more
  • 1979
  • Uganda
  • Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was deposed
• Death
  • 1240
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Llwelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd" more
  • 1670
  • Great Britain
  • "Execution of Major Thomas Weir & Jean, his sister. An upright couple who shocked Edinburgh when he announced that they were sexual partners and he owned a Satanic walking stick." more
  • 1775
  • Germany
  • "Death of Anna Maria Schwiigel, the last person to be executed in Germany for Witchcraft. "
  • 1890
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Joseph Merrick, better know as the Elephant Man." more
  • 1947
  • United States
  • "Death of Louise Peete, executed for a second murder - she served 18 years for the first. No less than 4 or her husbands also committed suicide - some lady!" more
  • 2001
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian and singer." more