January 11

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January 11 is the 11th (eleventh) or 11.ᵉʳ (eleventh) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days to the end of the year and 355 in leap years.

Events

565: revolt against the Eastern emperor Justinian I.
630: In Arabia, Mohammed leads an army of 10,000 soldiers to conquer the city of Mecca.
1051: In Byzantium, Theodora Porfirogeneta is crowned Empress.
1158: In Bohemia, Vladislaus II becomes king.
1284: in Spain, King Pedro III grants civil and economic privileges to Barcelona, through a compilation entitled Recognoverunt proceres.
1565: In Oceania, the Spanish conqueror Miguel López de Legazpi takes possession of the East Carolinas, today Marshall Islands.
1569: The first lottery is held in England.
1617: the village of Altea, Province of Alicante, obtains its founding Puebla Charter.
1693: in Val de Noto (Sicilia), at 13:30, an earthquake of 7.4 (and a tsunami) completely destroys several villages, including Catania. 60 000 people die throughout the region.
1717: The Triple Alliance is signed at The Hague.
1787: William Herschel, a British nationalized German astronomer, discovers Titania and Oberón, Uranus moons.
1815: In Uruguay, the battle of Guayabos is waged, the Uruguayan army of Artigas (in charge of Fructuoso Rivera) defeats the centralist army of Buenos Aires in command of Manuel Dorrego.
1861: Benito Juárez enters Mexico City after the War of Reform.
1866: In the Gulf of Vizcaya shipwreck the British passenger ship London220 people die drowned.
1875: In Valencia desembarca Alfonso XII coming from Barcelona, and heading towards Madrid to occupy the throne of Spain.
1884: In La Plata, Argentina opens an electric public lighting service, being the first city in the country to have this system.
1913: Tibet is independent of China.
1916: The Russian army takes over Erzurum, the capital of the Turkish Armenia.
1922: In Toronto General Hospital (Canada) for the first time, insulin is given to a patient.
1929: In the Soviet Union, the seven-hour working day is established.
1930: in the city of Quito (Ecuador) is founded the University Sports League of Quito.
1932: in Spain, Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz is appointed rector of the Central University of Madrid.
1933: in Old Houses (Cádiz) the so-called Old House Successes take place, an anarchist uprising that had a harsh reaction from the government of Azaña and the Guardia Civil.
1933: Aviator Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
1934: in Mendoza, Argentina, floods kill more than 60 people and produce losses of 6 million pesos.
1935: in Madrid, Juan de la Cierva's autogiro performs impressive tests, descending and rising vertically from high altitude.
1936: in the Dominican Republic a law is passed that changes the name of Santo Domingo, for that of Ciudad Trujillo, in honor of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.
1936: in Madrid it is The guerrillasAzorin's play.
1943: The United Kingdom and the United States renounce their extraterritoriality rights in China.
1945: in Spain the founding law of the Institute of Hispanic Culture, the current AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) is passed.
1946: Enver Hoxha proclaims the People's Republic of Albania.
1947: Turkey and Jordan sign a friendship agreement.
1951: north of Tonkín (Vietnam) the guerrilla group Vietminh carried out an offensive.
1952: in Madrid it is The dream weaverAntonio Buero Vallejo.
1953: The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Israel.
1954: the Independence Manifesto is signed in Morocco.
1954: The first meetings between Soviets and Americans on the prohibition of atomic weapons are held.
1956: The United States expresses its interest in Spain's rapid entry into NATO.
1957: heavy rains on the island of La Palma (Canarias): 28 dead, numerous wounded and severe economic losses.
1957: In Argentina is founded Arsenal Football Club in the city of Sarandi.
1959: North Vietnam forces enter Laos.
1960: In Egypt the giant prey of Aswan began to be built.
1961: in Spain, Manuel Santana is appointed sportsman of the year.
1964: a general strike takes place in Panama.
1967: in Mexico City the last snowfall of its history occurs.
1971: in Bolivia Hugo Bánzer Suárez assaults the General Staff.
1975: in Chile, the military dictatorship liberates Clodomiro Almeyda, Jorge Tapia Valdés and three other personalities who worked with former president Salvador Allende and expelled them to Romania.
1980: In Tabriz (Iran) there are bloody clashes between the supporters of Ruhollah Jomeini and those of Clariat Madari.
1980: Virus was founded, an Argentine rock band in the city of La Plata. Virus played an absolutely fundamental role in the new wave stream of the '80s in South America along with other bands like The Grandfathers of Nothing, Sumo and Soda Stereo. Some of his most popular songs of the time are “Wadu Wadu”, “A Moon of Honey in the Hand”, “Pronta Delivery”, “Images Paganas”, “El Probador”, “Amor Descartable”, “Un Disfraz”, “Destino Circular” and “Mirada Speed”.
1981: In New York, Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar is elected UN Secretary General.
1982: In Spain the Statutes of Autonomy of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Autonomous Community of Cantabria and the Principality of Asturias enter into force.
1984: A deployment of Soviet SS-20 missiles is carried out in East Germany.
1984: in Spain, Salvador Dalí announced the creation of the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and the donation of 621 of his works.
1985: The first edition of "Rock in Rio" is beginning in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, which became the “largest festival in the world”. In a predium of 250,000 square meters called “City of Rock”, more than a million people saw Queen, AC/DC, Yes and Iron Maiden on stage, among other great bands.
1989: the Mexican army occupies the oil installations and jails the trade union leader Joaquín Hernández Galicia «La Quina».
1989: in France, the police arrested Josu Urrutikoetxea, the leading leader of the ETA terrorist gang.
1990: a massive demonstration (200 000 people) is held in Lithuania in favour of independence from Russia.
1992: Algerian president, Chadli Benyedid, presents the resignation in order to “not constitute an obstacle to national unity”.
1994: In Brussels, the heads of State and Government of NATO agree to the establishment of the Peace Partnership, which will integrate countries of the former Warsaw Pact.
1998: General elections are held in Cuba with a participation of 98.35 %. For the legislative elections, the National Candidature Commission presented a unique list of 601 candidates for the 601 seats.
2001: American scientists present the first genetically modified primate.
2002: the first twenty prisoners arrive at the Guantanamo Detention Centre.
2003: Governor of Illinois, United States, commutes the death sentences of 161 convicted persons.
2004: in Argentina, Fernando Sanz creates Taringa!, a virtual community of the Internet.
2007: in Edinburgh, Scotland, J. K. Rowling wrote the latest book of the Harry Potter series at the Balmoral Hotel.
2010: In Manizales, Colombia, an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 is perceived.
2016: in Zurich (Switzerland), Lionel Messi receives his fifth Golden Ball.
2020: First person died by COVID-19
2021: On the Iberian peninsula the Borrasca Filomena weakens and leaves the peninsula.
2022: In Argentina, a product of the high pressures and the phenomenon of La Niña, there is a wave of historical heat, by virtue of it, the South American country becomes the hottest territory of the planet for a week.

Births

347: Theodosius I the Great, Roman emperor between 378 and 395 (f. 395).
844: Abd Allah I of Cordoba, emir omeya between 888 and 912 (f. 961).
1195: Mafalda de Portugal, queen consorte de Castilla, Sra de Arouca e Infanta de Portugal (f. 1256).
1322: Kōmyō, Japanese emperor of the North Court between 1336 and 1348 (f. 1380).
1359: Go-En'yū, Japanese emperor of the Northern Court between 1381 and 1382 (f. 1393).
1503: Parmigianino, Italian painter (f. 1540).
1633: Adam François van der Meulen, flamenco painter (f. 1690).
1638: Nicholas Steno, anatomist and Danish scientist, considered the father of geology (f. 1686).
1732: Peter Forsskål, naturalist, explorer, and Swedish orientalist (f. 1763).
1757: Alexander Hamilton, American politician (f. 1804).
1759: Vicente Lunardi, Italian aeronaute (f. 1806).
1772: Luis Lacy and Gautier, a Spanish military officer (f. 1817).
1814: James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (f. 1899).
1814: Charles Baker Adams, American educator and naturalist (f. 1853).
1815: John Alexander Macdonald, Canadian politician (f. 1891).
1828: Miguel Luis Amunátegui, Chilean historian and politician (f. 1888).
1839: Eugenio María de Hostos, educator and Puerto Rican writer (f. 1903).
1842: William James, American philosopher and psychologist (f. 1910).
1850: Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (f. 1942).
1852: Konstantin Fehrenbach, a German politician (f. 1926).
1857: Fred Archer, British jockey (f. 1886).
1867: Edward Titchener, British psychologist (f. 1927).
1870: Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (f. 1945).
1875: Reinhold Glière, Ukrainian composer (f. 1956).
1875: Astrid Cleve, a Swedish scientist (f. 1968).
1879: Esteban de Bilbao Eguía, a Spanish politician (f. 1970).
1879: Charles Yu Hsingling, Chinese diplomat and engineer (f. unknown).
1885: Alice Paul, American feminist activist (f. 1977).
1890: Oswald de Andrade, poet, essayist and Brazilian playwright (f. 1954).
1892: Eugenio Garza Sada, Mexican businessman (f. 1973).
1893: Florentino Ballesteros, Spanish bullfighter (f. 1917).
1895: Laurens Hammond, American inventor (f. 1973).
1899: Eva Le Gallienne, American actress (f. 1991).
1902: Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (f. 1986).
1903: Alan Paton, pedagogue, politician and South African activist (f. 1988).
1904: Miguel Angel Menéndez Reyes, Mexican writer (f. 1982).
1905: Manfred Bennington Lee (Emanuel Manford Lepofsky), a Jewish American writer, who with his cousin Frederic Dannay used the pseudonym Ellery Queen (f. 1971).
1905: Higinio Ruvalcaba, Mexican musician (f. 1976).
1906: Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (f. 2008).
1907: Pierre Mendès France, a French politician (f. 1982).
1910: Nikos Kavvadías, Greek poet (f. 1975).
1910: Theodosio Aguirre, a Chilean footballer (f. 2011).
1912: Emiliano Zuleta, composer, accordionist and Colombian singer (f. 2005).
1914: Dora del Hoyo numeraria auxiliar en el Opus Dei (f. 2004).
1915: Robert Mayne, Lieutenant Colonel, activist and co-founder of the SAS (f. 1955).
1918: Edward A. Murphy Jr., American aerospace engineer (f. 1990).
1920: Nelly Láinez, an Argentine actress and comedian (f. 2008).
1921: Gory Guerrero, Mexican fighter (f. 1990).
1922: Guillermo Silveira, a Spanish painter and sculptor (f. 1987).
1923: Carroll Shelby, American car designer (f. 2012).
1924: Roger Guillemin, French endocrinologist.
1927: John Lynch, British historian (f. 2018).
1930: Rod Taylor, Australian actor (f. 2015).
1932: Alfonso Aráu, Mexican director and actor.
1934: Jean Chrétien, Canadian politician, Prime Minister between 1993 and 2003.
1934: C. A. R. Hoare, British scientist and computer.
1934: Antonio Seguí, Argentine painter (f. 2022).
1936: Eva Hesse, an American sculptor born in Germany (f. 1970).
1938: Josep Maria Flets, actor and Spanish theatre director.
1940: Franco Balmamion, Italian cyclist.
1941: Barry Flanagan, British sculptor (f. 2009).
1942: Clarence Clemons, American musician, E Street Band (f. 2011).
1942: Blas Matamoro, a Spanish-Argentine writer.
1942: Hugh Stubbins, American architect (f. 2006).
1943: Eduardo Mendoza, Spanish writer.
1943: Luis Varela, Spanish actor.
1944: York Höller, German composer.
1945: Polo Carrera, Ecuadorian former footballer.
1946: John Piper, American Baptist preacher, writer and pastor.
1946: Wally Anderzunas, American basketball player (f. 1989).
1947: Sonia Oquendo, Peruvian actress and presenter.
1948: Terry Williams, British drummer, Man, Rockpile and Dire Straits.
1949: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, a Spanish-Mexican writer.
1951: La Mona Jiménez, Argentine singer.
1951: Miguel Angel Navarro Quintero, Mexican politician and doctor.
1951: Carol Leigh, artist, prostitute and activist for the rights of American sex workers (f. 2022).
1952: Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright.
1954: Vicky Peña, Spanish actress.
1954: Kailash Satyarthi, Indian activist.
1955: Max Lucado, American writer and preacher.
1956: Vicente Martínez-Pujalte, Spanish politician.
1957: Claude Criquelion, Belgian cyclist.
1957: Bryan Robson, British soccer player and coach.
1958: Vicki Peterson, one of the vocalists and guitar leader of the group of female rock members The Bangles.
1958: Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian drug dealer.
1958: Alison Reed, American actress and singer.
1959: José Luis Llorente, Spanish basketball player.
1959: Enrique Serna, Mexican writer.
1960: Marcelo Moura, singer, Argentine pianist and current Virus leader
1968: Andrés Ciro Martínez, singer, composer and Argentine musician.
1968: Benjamin List, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021.
1968: Pedro Sicard, Cuban actor.
1968: Sergio Cortés, Chilean tennis player.
1969: Consuelo Duval, Mexican actress and comedian of television and theatre.
1969: Manny Acta, hairdresser, coach, manager and Dominican-American sports commentator.
1970: Manfredi Beninati, an Italian artist.
1970: Franco Davín, Argentinian tennis player.
1971: Aitor Arregi, Spanish footballer.
1971: Mary J. Blige, American singer.
1971: Álex Delgado, Venezuelan baseball player.
1972: Marc Blucas, American actor.
1972: Amanda Peet, American actress.
1973: Rockmond Dunbar, American actor.
1973: Rodrigo Sepúlveda Lara, Chilean sports journalist.
1974: Micky Huidobro, Mexican bassist, of the Molotov band.
1974: Jens Nowotny, German footballer.
1974: Kim Chambers, American pornographic actress.
1975: Venetian Snares, Canadian musician.
1975: Matteo Renzi, Italian politician.
1976: Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player.
1976: Eduardo Madina, Spanish politician.
1976: Fernando Cebrián Alarcón, footballer and Spanish coach.
1978: Michael Duff, British footballer.
1978: Emile Heskey, British footballer.
1979: Darren Lynn Bousman, American filmmaker.
1979: Siti Nurhaliza, singer pop malaya.
1979: Olga Zharkova, Russian curling player.
1979: Pedro Alonso Pablos, producer of Spanish cinema.
1979: Rodrigo Nunes de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer.
1980: Julio Marchant, Argentine footballer.
1980: Damien Wilkins, American basketball player.
1981: Benjamin Auer, German footballer.
1981: Jamelia, British singer.
1981: Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer.
1981: Tom Meighan, British musician, of the Kasabian band.
1982: Tony Allen, American basketball player.
1983: Adrian Sutil, German motor racing pilot.
1984: Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer.
1984: Marko Perović, Serbian footballer.
1984: Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer.
1984: Giancarlo Gómez, Peruvian footballer.
1985: Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese Formula 1 pilot.
1985: José Vítor Moreira Semedo, Portuguese footballer.
1987: Daniela Ramírez, Chilean actress
1990: Leonardo Lima, Mexican Architect.
1991: Hyolyn, singer, songwriter and South Korean dancer.
1991: Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer.
1992: Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer.
1992: Filip Bradarić, Croatian footballer.
1994: Sassá, Brazilian footballer.
1994: Joseba Muguruza, Spanish footballer.
1994: David Gil Mohedano, Spanish footballer.
1995: Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Paraguayan footballer.
1996: Leroy Sané, German footballer.
1996: Francis D'Albenas, Uruguayan footballer.
1997: Cody Simpson, singer, guitarist and Australian actor.
1997: David Carmona Sierra, Spanish footballer.
1997: Nikola Vujnović, footballer Montenegrin.
1997: Erlend Blikra, Norwegian cyclist.
1998: Rubin Seigers, Belgian footballer.
1998: Odessa Young, Australian actress.
1998: Nadia Power, Irish athlete.
1998: Louisa Johnson, British singer.
1998: Africa Zamorano, Spanish swimmer.
1999: Christian Nodal, Mexican singer.
1999: Álex Ibacache, Chilean footballer.
1999: Lotte Wubben-Moy, English footballer.
1999: Lin Yi, Chinese actor.
1999: Allie Nicole, pornographic actress and American erotic model.
1999: Ritvars Suharevs, Latvian halterophilus.
1999: Anastasia Nefedova, American tennis player.
1999: Jeanette Hegg Duestad, Norwegian shooter.
1999: Joaquín Ardaiz, Uruguayan footballer.
2000: Marrit Steenbergen, a Dutch swimmer.
2000: Gabriele Corbo, Italian footballer.
2000: Nicolás Fernández Mercau, Argentine footballer.
2000: Marcelo Weigandt, Argentine footballer.
2000: Akalanka Peiris, a barren swimmer.
2000: Shareef O'Neal, American basketball player.
2000: Björn Seeliger, Swedish swimmer.
2000: Zhang Yao, Chinese athlete.
2000: Chaeyeon, South Korean singer.
2002: Marcianeke, Chilean singer.
2003: Mattia Zanotti, Italian footballer.
2003: Manu Rico, Spanish footballer.
2005: Roksana Węgiel, Polish singer.

Deaths

705: John VI, Greek Catholic Pope between 701 and 705 (n. ?).
1083: Oton of Nordheim, German aristocrat (n. 1020).
1495: Pedro González de Mendoza, arzobispo español (n. 1428).
1584: Guillermo Carter, English Catholic printer and martyr (n. 1548).
1641: Juan de Jáuregui, poet, scholar and Spanish painter (n. 1583).
1748: Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (n. 1667).
1753: Hans Sloane, Irish physician and collector (n. 1660).
1775: Prithvi Narayan, Nepalese politician, king of Nepal between 1768 and 1775 (n. 1723).
1788: François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (n. 1722).
1801: Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (n. 1749).
1877: Julián Quiroga, Mexican military (n. 1829).
1882: Theodor Schwann, German biologist and physiologist (n. 1810).
1885: Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, Colombian politician, president between 1857 and 1861 (n. 1805).
1891: Baron Haussmann, a French politician and urbanist (n. 1809).
1892: Carlos Fuero, Mexican military and political (n. 1844).
1893: Benjamin Franklin Butler, American politician (n. 1818).
1901: Just Pastor Davila, Peruvian military (n. 1829).
1923: Constantine I, Greek king between 1913 and 1917 and between 1920 and 1922 (n. 1868).
1928: Thomas Hardy, British poet and novelist (n. 1840).
1934: Eugenio Matte, a Chilean socialist politician (n. 1895).
1935: Marcella Sembrich, Polish soprano (n. 1858).
1941: Emanuel Lasker, a German chess player (n. 1868).
1943: Agustín Pedro Justo, militar y política argentina, president of Argentina between 1932 and 1938 (n. 1876).
1943: Carlo Tresca, Italian anarchist (n. 1879).
1944: Emilio de Bono, Italian Marshal (n. 1866).
1944: Galeazzo Ciano, Italian diplomat (n. 1903).
1945: Adolfo Prieto and Álvarez de las Vallinas, entrepreneur, industrial and Mexican philanthropist of Spanish origin (n. 1867).
1952: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French military (n. 1889).
1952: Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (n. 1885).
1954: Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (n. 1870)
1955: Rodolfo Graziani, Italian military (n. 1882).
1956: Manuel Velasco de Pando, Spanish engineer (n. 1888).
1957: Raúl López Sánchez, Mexican lawyer and politician (n. 1904).
1961: Elena Gerhardt, mezzosoprano German (n.1883)
1966: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (n. 1901).
1966: Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish athlete (n. 1889).
1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (n. 1904).
1968: Pedro Gual Villalbí, economist and Spanish politician (n. 1885).
1968: Mariano Stabile Baritone Italian (n. 1888)
1969: Richmal Crompton, British writer (n. 1890).
1975: Max Lorenz, German tenor (n. 1901).
1975: Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, Spanish playwright (n. 1897).
1978: Ibn-e-Insha, a Pakistani humorist, a poet in Urdu (n. 1927).
1980: Barbara Pym, British novelist (n. 1913).
1980: Celia Sánchez Manduley (59), a revolutionary, political and Cuban researcher (n. 1920).
1987: Hugo Fregonese, Argentine filmmaker (n. 1908).
1988: Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist of Austrian origin, nobel prize of physics in 1944 (n. 1898).
1988: Federico Mendizábal, Spanish writer (n. 1901).
1989: José Luis Bustamante and Rivero, a Peruvian politician, president between 1945 and 1948 (n. 1894).
1989: Cristino Mallo, Spanish sculptor (n. 1905).
1991: Carl David Anderson, U.S. physicist, 1936 nobel physics award (n. 1905).
1994: Emilio Rosenblueth, Mexican seismic engineer (n. 1926).
1995: José Corts Grau, Spanish writer (n. 1905).
1995: Roque Esteban Scarpa, Chilean literate (n. 1914).
1995: Lewis Nixon, U.S. Military (n. 1918).
1995: Armando Salas Portugal, Mexican photographer (n. 1916).
1996: Tato Bores, Argentine political humorist (n. 1927).
1999: Fabrizio De André, Italian singer (n. 1940)
2001: Esteban Vicente, American nationalized Spanish painter (n. 1903).
2001: Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Russian princess (n. 1906).
2002: Héctor Tosar, Uruguayan composer and pianist (n. 1923).
2003: Mickey Finn, British percussionist, T. Rex band (n. 1947).
2003: Maurice Pialat, French filmmaker (n. 1925).
2005: Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (n. 1957).
2007: Solveig Dommartin, French actress (n. 1958).
2007: Paul "Tubbs" Williams, British bassist, of the Incognito band (n. 1962).
2007: Robert Anton Wilson, American novelist (n. 1932).
2008: Pepín Bello, Spanish writer (n. 1904).
2008: César Bertrand, Uruguayan actor and humorist (n. 1934).
2008: Pete Candoli, American swing trumpetist (n. 1923)
2008: Edmund Hillary, New Zealander and explorer (n. 1919).
2010: Éric Rohmer, French film critic and filmmaker (n. 1920).
2010: Miep Gies, one of the people who hid Anna Frank (n. 1909).
2012: Josefa Sabor, librarian and Argentine teacher (n. 1916).
2013: Nguyén Khanh, Vietnamese politician and military leader, South Vietnam president between 1964 and 1965; a disease related to diabetes.
2013: Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Mauritanian politician, President of the Senate (since 2007), Acting President (2009).
2013: Anna Lizaran, Spanish actress (n. 1944).
2013: Jorge Selarón, Chilean painter and ceramist residing in Brazil (n. 1947).
2013: Aaron Swartz, programmer, writer and internet activist (n. 1986).
2014: Arnoldo Foà, Italian film actor (n. 1916).
2014: Ariel Sharon, Israeli military and political (n. 1928).
2015: Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (n. 1931).
2016: Carlos Muñoz (Colombian actor), was an outstanding first Colombian film, theatre and television actor (n. 1934).
2019: Alberto Gamboa, Chilean journalist (n. 1921).
2019: Fernando Luján, Mexican actor (n. 1939).
2021: Sheldon Adelson, American magnate (n. 1933).
2022: David Sassoli, an Italian politician and journalist (n. 1956).
2022: Ahmet Yilmaz Çalik, Turkish footballer (n. 1994).