What is December 11?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[220]] &ndash; [[China]]: [[Cao Pi]] forces [[Emperor Xian of Han]] to abdicate the [[Han Dynasty]] throne. The [[Cao Wei Empire]] is created. * [[361]] &ndash; [[Julian the Apostate]] enters [[Constantinople]] as the sole [[Emperor]] of the [[Roman Empire]]. * [[630]] &ndash; The Prophet [[Muhammad]] leads an [[army]] of 10,000 to conquer [[Mecca]]. * [[969]] &ndash; Byzantine Emperor [[Nikephoros II Phokas]] is [[murder]]ed by his wife [[Theophano]] and her lover, later–Emperor [[John I Tzimiskos]]. * [[1282]] &ndash; [[Llywelyn the Last]], the last native–born [[Prince of Wales]], is killed at Cilmeri, near Bulith Wells, South [[Wales]]. * [[1602]] &ndash; A surprise attack by forces under the command of [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]] and his brother–in–law, [[Philip III of Spain]], is repelled by the citizens of [[Geneva]]. * [[1792]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI of France]] is put on trial for treason by the National Convention. * [[1816]] &ndash; [[Indiana]] becomes the 16th State of the [[US]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] begins. * [[1868]] &ndash; [[Brazil]] defeats [[Paraguay]] at the [[Battle of Avay]] during the [[Paraguayan War]]. * [[1872]] &ndash; King [[Kamehameha V]] of [[Hawaii]] dies on his 42nd [[birthday]], ending the line of the Kamehamehas. His cousin, [[William Charles Lunalilo]], succeeds him as King. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1905]] &ndash; A workers' uprising occurs in [[Kiev]], present–day [[Ukraine]], then a part of the [[Russian Empire]], and creates the Shuliavka [[Republic]]. * [[1907]] &ndash; The [[New Zealand]] [[Parliament]] buildings are almost completely destroyed by [[fire]]. * [[1917]] &ndash; British [[General officer|General]] [[Edmund Allenby]] enters [[Jerusalem]] on [[foot]] and declares [[martial law]]. * [[1920]] &ndash; [[Irish War of Independence]]: In retaliation for an [[IRA]] ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous [[building]]s in the [[city]] of [[C