What is May 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[330]] &ndash; [[Byzantium]] is renamed ''[[New Rome|Nova Roma]]'' during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as [[Constantinople]]. * [[868]] &ndash; A copy of the [[Diamond Sutra]] is printed in [[China]], making it the oldest–known dated printed [[book]]. * [[1502]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the [[West Indies]]. * [[1647]] &ndash; [[Peter Stuyvesant]] arrives in [[New Amsterdam]] to replace [[Willem Kieft]] as Director–General of [[New Netherland]], the Dutch colonial settlement in present–day [[New York City]]. * [[1672]] &ndash; Franco–Dutch War: [[Louis XIV of France]] invades the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1745]] &ndash; [[War of Austrian Succession]]: [[Battle of Fontenoy (1745)|Battle of Fontenoy]] – At [[Fontenoy]], [[France|French]] forces defeat an Anglo–Dutch–Hanoverian army. * [[1792]] &ndash; Captain [[Robert Gray]] becomes the first documented Caucasian to visit the [[Columbia River]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; British Prime Minister [[Spencer Perceval]] is shot and killed by [[John Bellingham]] in the lobby of the British [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; In [[Australia]], [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], [[Gregory B. Laxland]] and [[William Wentworth]] lead an expedition westward from [[Sydney]]. * [[1818]] &ndash; [[Charles XIV of Sweden|Charles XIV]] of [[Sweden-Norway]] is crowned king of [[Sweden]]. * [[1820]] &ndash; The [[HMS Beagle]] has its official launch. Later, one of its most famous passengers would be [[Charles Darwin]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; [[President of the United States]] [[James K. Polk]] asks for a declaration of war against [[Mexico]], starting the [[Mexican-American War]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[Indian Mutiny]]: [[India]]n rebels seize [[Delhi]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]]. * [[1858]] &ndash; [[Minnesota]] is admitted as the 32nd [[U.S. state]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The ironclad