What is June 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1184 BC]] &ndash; [[Trojan War]]: [[Troy]] is sacked and burned, according to calculations by [[Eratosthenes]]. * [[1429]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Jargeau]]. * [[1488]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Sauchieburn]] is fought between rebel [[Lord]]s and King [[James III of Scotland]], who dies in the [[battle]]. * [[1509]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] marries [[Catherine of Aragon]]. * [[1594]] &ndash; King [[Philip II of Spain]] recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the [[Philippines]]. * [[1641]] &ndash; [[Caracas]] is struck by its first major [[earthquake]] since its founding. * [[1770]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] reaches the [[Great Barrier Reef]], after his ship, the [[HMS Endeavour|HMS ''Endeavour'']], ran aground there. * [[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The war's first [[Navy|naval]] battle is fought in the [[Battle of Machias]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; The [[Continental Congress]] appoints [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]] and [[Robert Livingston]] to the committee of five, to draft the [[Declaration of Independence]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; [[Russia]]n explorer [[Gerasim Izmailov]] reaches [[Alaska]]. * [[1805]] &ndash; Large parts of [[Detroit]] are destroyed by [[fire]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; The naval [[Battle of Riachuelo]] in the [[War of the Triple Alliance]] is fought, with [[Brazil]] defeating [[Paraguay]]. This battle is important in the Triple Alliance defeating [[Paraguay]] in the war. * [[1881]] &ndash; The current [[National Theatre, Prague|National Theatre]] of the [[Czech Republic]], in [[Prague]], is opened. * [[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish-American War]]: [[US]] [[warship]]s set sail for [[Cuba]]. * [[1898]] &ndash; The [[Hundred Days Reform]] is started by [[Guangxu Emperor]] in [[China]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1901]] &ndash; [[New Zealand]] annexes the [[Cook Islands]]. * [[1903]] &ndash; A group of [[Serbia]]n [[military]] o