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April 11

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785

Battle of Mohi

785 years ago

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1770

George Canning

Died aged 57

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Famous births27

1348 · 678 yrs

Andronikos IV Palaiologos

Andronikos IV Palaiologos or Andronicus IV Palaeologus (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 11 April 1348 – 25/28 June 1385) was the eldest son of Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos.

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RoyaltyDied aged 37

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1357 · 669 yrs

John I of Portugal

John I (Portuguese: João; 11 April 1357 – 14 August 1433), also called John of Aviz, was King of Portugal from 1385 until his death in 1433.

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RoyaltyDied aged 76

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1492 · 534 yrs

Margaret of Valois-Angoulême

Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angoulême, Marguerite d'Alençon; 11 April 1492 – 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulême and Margaret of Navarre, was a princess of France, Duchess of Alençon and Berry, and Queen of Navarre by her second marriage to King Henry II of Navarre.

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RoyaltyDied aged 57

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1770 · 256 yrs

George Canning

George Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 12 April 1827, but his premiership was cut short by his death 119 days later on 8 August 1827.

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PoliticsDied aged 57

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1825 · 201 yrs

Ferdinand Lassalle

Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle (11 April 1825 – 31 August 1864) was a German jurist, philosopher, and socialist activist. Best remembered as an initiator of the social democratic movement in Germany, in 1863 he founded the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), the first independent German workers' party.

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ScienceDied aged 39

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1869 · 157 yrs

Kasturba Gandhi

Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (born Kasturba Gokuldas Kapadia; 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist who was involved in the Indian independence movement during British India. She was married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi.

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PoliticsDied aged 74

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1880 · 146 yrs

Michel Fokine

Michael Fokine (23 April 1880 – 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.

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1893 · 133 yrs

Dean Acheson

Dean Gooderham Acheson ( ATCH-iss-ən; April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American politician and lawyer. As the 51st U.S. secretary of state, he set the foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration from 1949 to 1953.

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1900 · 126 yrs

Sándor Márai

Sándor Márai (Hungarian:; Archaic English name: Alexander Márai; 11 April 1900 – 21 February 1989) was a Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist.

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1905 · 121 yrs

Attila József

Attila József (11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century.

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1920 · 106 yrs

Emilio Colombo

Emilio Colombo (Italian:; 11 April 1920 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian politician. A member of the Christian Democracy party, he served as Prime Minister of Italy from August 1970 to February 1972.

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1930 · 96 yrs

Anton LaVey

Anton Szandor LaVey (born Howard Stanton Levey; April 11, 1930 – October 29, 1997) was an American writer, musician, and Satanist. He was the founder of the Church of Satan, and the philosophy of LaVeyan Satanism.

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Famous deaths12

1555 · 471 yrs

Juana I of Castile

Joanna or Joan (also known as Joanna the Mad or Joan the Mad; Spanish: Juana la Loca; 6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555) was Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.

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RoyaltyDied aged 75

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1890 · 136 yrs

Joseph Merrick

Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), sometimes erroneously referred to as John Merrick, was an English man known for his severe physical deformities.

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ArtDied aged 27

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1895 · 131 yrs

Lothar Meyer

Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements.

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ScienceDied aged 64

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1918 · 108 yrs

Otto Wagner

Otto Koloman Wagner (German:; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement.

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ArtDied aged 76

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1977 · 49 yrs

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert (French:; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools.

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1981 · 45 yrs

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, he was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.

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1985 · 41 yrs

Enver Hoxha

Enver Halil Hoxha (16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian politician, revolutionary, and communist political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.

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1987 · 39 yrs

Primo Levi

Primo Michele Levi (Italian:; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor and writer. He was the author of several books, collections of short stories, essays, poems and one novel.

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2007 · 19 yrs

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut ( VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty years; further works have been published since his death.

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2011 · 15 yrs

William Lipscomb

William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.

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ScienceWould be 106

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2012 · 14 yrs

Ahmad ibn Billah

Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة, romanized: Aḥmad bin Billah; 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 until his overthrow…

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2013 · 13 yrs

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host and artist. He started performing as a stand-up comedian before transitioning his career to acting in film and television.

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Events5

1241 · 785 yrs

Battle of Mohi

The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241) was a pivotal conflict between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary during the Mongol invasion of Europe. The battle took place at Muhi (then Mohi), a town located in present-day Hungary, southwest of the Sajó River.

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War

1814 · 212 yrs

Treaty of Fontainebleau

The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement concluded in Fontainebleau, France, on 11 April 1814 between Napoleon and representatives of Austria, Russia and Prussia. The treaty was signed in Paris on 11 April by the plenipotentiaries of both sides and ratified by Napoleon on 13 April.

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Politics

1983 · 43 yrs

55th Academy Awards

The 55th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1982 and took place on April 11, 1983, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m.

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Culture

1988 · 38 yrs

60th Academy Awards

The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PDT.

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Culture

2019 · 7 yrs

2019 Indian general election

General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May.

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