What is October 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1138]] &ndash; [[1138 Aleppo earthquake]]: A massive [[earthquake]] destroys much of [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]]. * [[1142]] &ndash; A [[peace treaty]] between the [[Jin Dynasty]] and Southern [[Song Dynasty]] is formally ratified when a Jin Dynasty envoy arrives at the Song court. * [[1531]] &ndash; [[Huldrych Zwingli]] is killed in [[battle]] with the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] of [[Switzerland]]. * [[1634]] &ndash; A [[flood]] disaster kills 15,000 people in North [[Friesland]], [[Denmark]] and [[Germany]]. * [[1649]] &ndash; After a 10–day [[siege]], the English [[New Model Army]] under [[Oliver Cromwell]] storms the town of [[Wexford]], [[Ireland]] – 2,000 Irish troops and 1,500 [[civilian]]s are killed. * [[1727]] &ndash; King [[George II of Great Britain]] and [[Caroline of Ansbach]] are crowned king and queen. * [[1737]] &ndash; [[Calcutta]] is struck by an [[earthquake]], killing around 300,000 people. * [[1746]] &ndash; [[War of Austrian Succession]]: The [[France|French]] defeat an [[army]] consisiting of [[Austria]]ns, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] and [[Great Britain|British]] troops. * [[1767]] &ndash; Surveying for the [[Mason–Dixon line]], separating [[Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania]], is completed. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American War of Independence]]: In the [[Battle of Valcou]], British forces destroy most [[United States Navy]] [[ship]]s. * [[1797]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Royal Navy]] captures eleven [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Navy]] [[ship]]s without any losses in the [[Battle of Camperdown]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; Along the Natchez Trace in [[Tennessee]], explorer [[Meriwether Lewis]] dies in mysterious circumstances. * [[1833]] &ndash; A big [[demonstration]] at the [[gate]]s of the [[legislature]] of [[Buenos Aires]] forces the ousting of governor [[Juan Ramon Balcarce]] and his replacement with [[Juan Jose Viamonte]]. * [[1852]] &ndash; The [[University of Sydney]], [[Australia]]