What is February 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[660 BC]] &ndash; Traditional founding date of [[Japan]] by [[Emperor Jimmu|Emperor Jimmu Tenno]]. * [[244]] &ndash; [[Mutiny|mutinous]] soldiers in Zaitha, [[Mesopotamia]] (present–day [[Iraq]]) murder Roman Emperor [[Gordian III]]. * [[731]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory II|Gregory II]] ends his reign as Pope. * [[824]] &ndash; [[Pope Paschal I|Paschal I]] ends his reign as Pope. * [[1531]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] is recognized as supreme head of the [[Church of England]]. * [[1543]] &ndash; [[Battle of Wayna Daga]] – [[Ethiopia]]n/[[Portugal|Portuguese]] troops beat [[Muslim]] army. * [[1752]] &ndash; [[Pennsylvania Hospital]], 1st hospital in the [[United States]], opens. * [[1790]] &ndash; [[Society of Friends]] petitions [[United States Congress]] for abolition of [[slavery]]. * [[1794]] &ndash; First session of [[United States Senate]] open to the public. * [[1808]] &ndash; [[Anthracite]] coal first burned as fuel, experimentally. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]] patents the [[steamboat]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleon|Napoléon]] marries Marie–Louise of [[Austria]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Elbridge Gerry]] [[gerrymandering|gerrymanders]] for the first time. * [[1814]] &ndash; [[Norway]]'s independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the [[Kalmar Union]]. * [[1826]] &ndash; [[University College London]] is founded under the name ''University of London''. * [[1837]] &ndash; [[American Physiological Society]] organizes in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. * [[1840]] &ndash; [[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s opera [[La Fille du Régiment]] receives its first performance in [[Paris]]. * [[1843]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera [[I Lombardi]] receives its first performance in [[Milan]]. * [[1855]] &ndash; Emperor [[Tewodros II of Ethiopia|Tewodros II]] of [[Ethiopia]] is crowned. * [[1858]] &ndash; The [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] reputedly appears to Saint [[Bernadette Soubirous]] of [[Lourdes]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War