11th June anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1776
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of John Constable, English artist." more
  • 1910
  • France
  • "Birth of Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer, whose TV programmes were very influential in both interesting the general public about the undersea world and promoting conservation." more
• event
  • 1418
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Sauchieburn
  • 1509
  • Great Britain
  • "Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon, his first wife" more
  • 1679
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Drumclog
  • 1770
  • Great Britain
  • Captain James Cook in the Endeavour ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef during his voyage up the eastern seaboard of Australia. more
  • 1907
  • Great Britain
  • "Northamptonshire were dismissed for 12 runs by Gloucestershire, the lowest score ever recorded in a first class cricket match."
  • 1959
  • Great Britain
  • British engineer Christopher Cockerell launched his prototype hovercraft SRN-1 in the Solent at Southampton
• Death
  • 1488
  • Great Britain
  • Birth of King James III of Scotland. more
  • 1727
  • Great Britain
  • George I dies – George II Hanover becomes king
  • 1847
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Sir John Franklin, British explorer - most famous for his expeditions to the Arctic." more
  • 1859
  • Austria
  • "Death of Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman and diplomat who helped form an alliance against Napoleon that restored Austria as a leading European power"
  • 1979
  • United States
  • "Death of John Wayne, award-winning American film actor"
  • 1984
  • Italy
  • "Death of Enrico Berlinguer, Italian Communist Party leader (197284)"
  • 1998
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Catherine Cookson, British novelist ." more
  • 1999
  • United States
  • "Death of DeForest Kelley, American actor (played Dr Leonard Bones McCoy in the Star Trek films and television series)"