What is July 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[472]] &ndash; After being besieged in [[Rome]] by his own [[General officer|generals]], Western Roman Emperor [[Anthemius]] is captured in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] and put to death. * [[1174]] &ndash; [[Baldwin IV]], aged 13, becomes [[King]] of [[Jerusalem]], with [[Raymond III, Count of Tripoli]] as regent and [[William of Tyre]] as [[chancellor]]. * [[1302]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] ({{lang-nl|Guldensporenslag}}) – the [[Flanders|Flemish]] cities beat the king of [[France]]. * [[1346]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] of [[Luxembourg]] elected emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. * [[1405]] &ndash; [[Ming Dynasty]] [[admiral]] [[Zheng He]] sets sail to explore the world for the first time. * [[1502]] &ndash; The [[Caribbean]] [[island]] of [[Hispaniola]] is ravaged by a [[hurricane]], killing 500 people. * [[1533]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII of England]] is excommunicated. * [[1576]] &ndash; [[Martin Frobisher]] sights [[Greenland]]. * [[1613]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Romanov]] is crowned as [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]]. The [[Romanov]] Dynasty rules [[Russia]] until Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] is removed during the [[Russian Revolution]] in [[1917]]. * [[1616]] &ndash; [[Samuel de Champlain]] returns to [[Quebec]]. * [[1735]] &ndash; Dwarf planet [[Pluto]] is in [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]]'s orbit for the last time until [[1979]]. * [[1740]] &ndash; [[Jew]]s expelled from [[Little Russia]]. * [[1750]] &ndash; [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] almost completely destroyed by fire. * [[1776]] &ndash; Captain [[James Cook]] begins third voyage. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[Jacques Necker]] is dismissed as French finance minister, leading to the Storming of the [[Bastille]] three days later. * [[1796]] &ndash; The [[United States|U.S.]] takes possession of [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] under terms of the [[Jay Treaty]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; The [[United States Marine Corps]] is