What is November 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1100]] &ndash; [[Henry I of England]] marries [[Matilda of Scotland]], daughter of [[Malcolm III of Scotland]]. * [[1417]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin V]] is elected. * [[1500]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Granada]]: [[Louis XII of France]] and [[Ferdinand III of Aragon]] agree to divide the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. * [[1620]] &ndash; In what is now [[Provincetown Harbor]] near [[Cape Cod]], the [[Mayflower Compact]] is signed on the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]'', establishing the basic laws for the [[Plymouth Colony]]. * [[1648]] &ndash; [[France]] and the [[Netherlands]] agree to divide the island of [[Sint Maarten]]/[[Saint Martin]]. * [[1675]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Leibniz]] demonstrated [[integral calculus]] for the first time to find the area under the y=x [[Function (mathematics)|function]]. * [[1675]] &ndash; [[Guru Gobind Singh]] becomes the Tenth [[Guru]] of the [[Sikhism|Sikhs]]. * [[1750]] &ndash; [[Riot]]s break out [[Lhasa]] after the [[murder]] of the [[Tibet]]an regent. * [[1839]] &ndash; The [[Virginia Military Institute]] is founded in Lexington, Virginia. * [[1855]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] near [[Edo]], now [[Tokyo]], kills 6,000 people. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[United States|Union]] General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] begins burning [[Atlanta, Georgia]] to the ground in preparation for his march south. * [[1865]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Sinchula]] is signed: [[Bhutan]] gives areas east of the Teesta [[River]] to the [[British East India Company]]. * [[1880]] &ndash; [[Australia]]n [[bushranger]] and bank robber [[Ned Kelly]] is hung in [[Melbourne]]. * [[1887]] &ndash; Haymarket trials: [[August Spies]], [[Albert Parsons]], [[Adolph Fischer]] and [[George Engel]] are [[Execution|executed]]. * [[1887]] &ndash; [[Construction|Building]] work begins on the [[Manchester Ship Canal]]. * [[1889]] &ndash; [[Washington (state)|Washington]] is admitted as the 42nd [[U.S. state]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1918]] &ndash; [[World W