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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.{{cite book|title=Von einer Gesellschaft deutscher Gelehrten bearbeitet: Bd. 1-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FT9TlFkyAwC&pg=PA487|year=1832|publisher=Brüggemann|pages=487|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Kosiński|first=Rafał|title=Holiness and Power: Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century|location=Berlin|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|date=2016|isbn=9783110417074|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZBlCwAAQBAJ|page=162}}
  • 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.{{cite book|last=Bachrach|first=David S.|title=The Histories of a Medieval German City, Worms c. 1000-c. 1300|location=Farnham, Surrey, UK|publisher=Ashgate|date=2014|isbn=9781472436412|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fw8BAAAQBAJ|page=88}}
  • 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1500-1600: A Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Volume 2: 1500-1774|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=481}}
  • 1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory.{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Overview of 1500-1600: A Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Volume 2: 1500-1774|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|pages=510–511}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain{{cite book|last=Bell|first=James B.|title=Anglicans, Dissenters and Radical Change in Early New England 1686-1786|location=Cham, Switzerland|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2017|isbn=9783319556291|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fng5DwAAQBAJ|page=33}} on the same day that the Scottish Parliament concurs with the English decision of 12 February.{{cite book|last=Panton|first=Kenneth J.|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810857797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC|page=xxxiii}}
  • 1713 – France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Utrecht, bringing an end to the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). Britain accepts Philip V as King of Spain, while Philip renounces any claim to the French throne.{{cite book|last=Ghervas|first=Stella|chapter=In the Shadow of Utrecht: Perpetual Peace and International Order, 1713-1815|title=The 1713 Peace of Utrecht and Its Enduring Effects|editor-last=Soons|editor-first=Alfred H.A.|location=Boston|publisher=Brill|date=2020|isbn=9789004266407|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm3DDwAAQBAJ|pages=204–205}}
  • 1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany).{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Richard Douglas|title=The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit. Volume 2: 1717-1750|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780198164401|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YwzAQAAQBAJ|page=181}}
  • 1809 – Battle of the Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier fails to support Captain Lord Cochrane, leading to an incomplete British victory over the French fleet.{{cite book|last=Cordingly|first=David|title=Cochrane the Dauntless|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|date=2007|isbn=9780747580881|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMdDpmTXdWsC|page=205|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Clowes|first=William Laird|title=The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Volume V|location=London|publisher=S. Low, Marston and Co.|date=1900|oclc=1296915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iH9nAAAAMAAJ|pages=268–269|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Stewart|first=William|title=Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary: 1500 to the Present|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2009|isbn=9780786438099|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1VimlFIjQoC|page=139}}
  • 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
  • 1856 – Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
  • 1868 – Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  • 1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
  • 1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.

=1901–present=

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1903 – Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (d. 1930)
  • 1904 – K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor (d. 1947)
  • 1905 – Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator (d. 1937)
  • 1906 – Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (d. 2005)
  • 1907 – Paul Douglas, American actor (d. 1959)
  • 1908 – Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)
  • 1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1997){{cite news |title=Obituary: Masaru Ibuka |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-masaru-ibuka-1290247.html |access-date=22 July 2020 |work=The Independent |date=22 December 1997 |language=en}}
  • 1908 – Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (d. 1992)
  • 1908 – Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)
  • 1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1996)
  • 1912 – John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012)
  • 1913 – Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (d. 2006)
  • 1914 – Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)
  • 1914 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
  • 1914 – Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (d. 1988){{cite book | first=Ann | last=Morkel | chapter=Dorothy Lewis Bernstein | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/17 17] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/17 }}
  • 1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (d. 1983){{cite web |title=Alberto Ginastera {{!}} Argentine composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}
  • 1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)
  • 1917 – David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the performing arts, 2005: film, television, radio, theatre, dance, music, cartoons and pop culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pp8HAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-2489-4|page=389}}
  • 1918 – Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (d. 2003)
  • 1919 – Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1920 – Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013){{cite book|title=Nouvelles universitaires européennes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFxT-QmnT3wC|year=1997|publisher=Bureau d'information des Communautés européennes|page=14}}
  • 1920 – William Royer, American soldier and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1921 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
  • 1921 – Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)
  • 1922 – Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
  • 1924 – Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1925 – Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander (d. 2000)
  • 1925 – Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
  • 1925 – Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (d. 2001)
  • 1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (d. 1997)
  • 1926 – David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/david-m-abshire-who-helped-reagan-through-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-88.html |title=David M. Abshire, Who Helped Reagan Through Iran-Contra Scandal, Dies at 88 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |work=The New York Times |date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108173050/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/us/david-m-abshire-who-helped-reagan-through-iran-contra-scandal-dies-at-88.html |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |quote=David Manker Abshire was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., on April 11, 1926}}
  • 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
  • 1926 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007)
  • 1927 – Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian
  • 1928 – Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (d. 2024){{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Ethel Kennedy, Passionate Supporter of the Family Legacy, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/ethel-kennedy-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
  • 1928 – Edwin Pope, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
  • 1928 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • 1930 – Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2018)
  • 1930 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997){{cite web |title=Anton LaVey {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anton-LaVey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 January 2021 |language=en}}
  • 1931 – Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach (d. 2024)
  • 1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist and academic
  • 1934 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
  • 1934 – Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright (d. 2022)
  • 1935 – Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
  • 1936 – Brian Noble, English bishop (d. 2019)
  • 1937 – Jill Gascoine, English actress and author (d. 2020)
  • 1938 – Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
  • 1938 – Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
  • 1938 – Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman{{cite book | last=Brown |first= Jeannette E. | year=2012 | title=African American Women Chemists | location=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press |page=115 | isbn=978-0-19974-288-2}}
  • 1939 – Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2022)
  • 1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress
  • 1940 – Col Firmin, Australian politician (d. 2013)
  • 1940 – Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (d. 1998)
  • 1941 – Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
  • 1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English actress (d. 2015){{cite web |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Shirley Stelfox obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/09/shirley-stelfox |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=9 December 2015}}
  • 1942 – Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
  • 1942 – Hattie Gossett, American writer{{Cite book|title=Presenting-- Sister Noblues|last=Gossett|first=Hattie|publisher=Firebrand Books|year=1988|isbn=0932379508|pages=[https://archive.org/details/presentingsister00goss/page/9 9]|url=https://archive.org/details/presentingsister00goss/page/9}}
  • 1942 – James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
  • 1943 – John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
  • 1943 – Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2019)
  • 1944 – Peter Barfuß, German footballer
  • 1944 – John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
  • 1946 – Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1946 – Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host
  • 1947 – Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2016)
  • 1947 – Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
  • 1947 – Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
  • 1947 – Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director
  • 1947 – Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1949 – Dorothy Allison, American writer (d. 2024){{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=November 8, 2024 |title=Dorothy Allison, Author of 'Bastard Out of Carolina,' Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/books/dorothy-allison-dead.html |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
  • 1949 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1950 – Bill Irwin, American actor and clown
  • 1951 – Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (d. 2007)
  • 1952 – Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
  • 1952 – Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
  • 1952 – Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
  • 1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium
  • 1953 – Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic
  • 1954 – Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
  • 1954 – Aleksandr Averin, Azerbaijani cyclist and coach
  • 1954 – Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer
  • 1954 – David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
  • 1954 – Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
  • 1954 – Willie Royster, American baseball player (d. 2015)
  • 1955 – Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician
  • 1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (d. 1993)
  • 1955 – Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach
  • 1958 – Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
  • 1958 – Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter
  • 1958 – Wayne Wigham, Australian rugby league player[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/wayne-wigham/summary.html Rugby League Project]
  • 1959 – Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1959 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
  • 1959 – Zahid Maleque, Bangladeshi politician
  • 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter
  • 1961 – Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician
  • 1961 – Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1961 – Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist
  • 1962 – Franck Ducheix, French fencer
  • 1962 – Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
  • 1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire
  • 1963 – Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player
  • 1963 – Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Greek singer{{cite web |last1=Βαμβακούλα |first1=Χαρά |title=Ελένη Τσαλιγοπούλου: Γιατί να συνεργαστώ με τον Αργυρό; |url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/viral/showbiz/746248-eleni-tsaligopoyloy-giati-na-synergasto-me-ton-argyro |website=Athens Voice |date=16 February 2022 |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=el}}
  • 1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964 – John Cryer, English journalist and politician
  • 1964 – Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
  • 1964 – Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach
  • 1964 – Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner
  • 1966 – Steve Scarsone, American baseball player and manager
  • 1966 – Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter
  • 1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1968 – Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author
  • 1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter{{cite book|author=Europa Europa Publications|title=International Who's Who in Popular Music 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYUnAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-85743-454-5|page=205}}
  • 1969 – Dustin Rhodes, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Goldust |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17167218/wwe-profile-page-goldust |publisher=ESPN |access-date=31 March 2023 |date=11 August 2016}}
  • 1969 – Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier
  • 1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  • 1970 – Whigfield, Danish singer and songwriter{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+Italian&pg=PA75|title=Billboard: Italian Acts|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-08-19|date=1995-07-01}}
  • 1971 – Oliver Riedel, German bass player{{cite book|author=Graham Betts|title=Collins Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ewk5AQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0-00-717931-2|page=534}}
  • 1972 – Balls Mahoney, American wrestler (d. 2016){{cite news | url=http://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/42182/ECW-Original-Balls-Mahoney-Passes-Away-At-Age-44/ | title=ECW Original Balls Mahoney Passes Away At Age 44 | first=Kenny | last=Williams | work=Wrestling News Source | date=April 12, 2016 | access-date=April 13, 2016}}
  • 1972 – Allan Théo, French singer
  • 1972 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player and manager
  • 1973 – Olivier Magne, French rugby player
  • 1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress and writer{{cite book|title=Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1EnAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=African Drum Publications|page=57}}
  • 1974 – Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach
  • 1974 – Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
  • 1974 – David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1974 – Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1976 – Marta Breen, Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, and organizational leader{{cite encyclopedia|title=Marta Breen |first=Randi |last=Brenden |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=5 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Marta_Breen |language=no|access-date=17 March 2024}}
  • 1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1976 – Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler{{cite web |title=Hefty fan club |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2008-04-15-dpt-sumo041308-story.html |website=Daily Pilot |access-date=12 October 2020 |date=15 April 2008}}
  • 1977 – Ivonne Teichmann, German runner
  • 1978 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
  • 1979 – Malcolm Christie, English footballer
  • 1979 – Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 1979 – Josh Server, American actor
  • 1980 – Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
  • 1980 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
  • 1981 – Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Luis Flores, Dominican basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/florelu01.html|title=Luis Flores Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
  • 1981 – Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer
  • 1982 – Ian Bell, English cricketer
  • 1982 – Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier
  • 1983 – Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
  • 1983 – Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
  • 1983 – Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
  • 1984 – Kelli Garner, American actress
  • 1984 – Nikola Karabatić, French handball player
  • 1985 – Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
  • 1985 – Will Minson, Australian footballer
  • 1986 – Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer{{Cite web|url=http://wenshow.me/2012/10/26/miss-haiti-sarodj-bertin-is-now-reina-hispano-americana-2012/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026094629/http://wenshow.me/2012/10/26/miss-haiti-sarodj-bertin-is-now-reina-hispano-americana-2012/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-10-26|title=Miss Haiti, Sarodj Bertin is now Reina Hispano Americana 2012 {{!}} WENSHOW|date=2014-10-26|access-date=2018-05-03}}
  • 1986 – Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete
  • 1987 – Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1987 – Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1988 – Milton Casco, Argentine footballer{{cite web|title=Milton Casco|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/milton-casco/81983/|website=Soccerway|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 1988 – Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1989 – Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (d. 2014)
  • 1990 – Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1990 – Thulani Serero, South African footballer
  • 1991 – Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer
  • 1991 – Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer{{cite web|title=Cédric Bakambu|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/cedric-bakambu/136141/|website=Soccerway|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 1991 – Brennan Poole, American racing driver{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Brennan_Poole|title=Brennan Poole|access-date=21 April 2020}}
  • 1993 – Florin Andone, Romanian footballer{{cite web|title=Florin Andone|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/37587/Florin-Andone/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 1994 – Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Brandon Montour |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/player/brandon-montour-8477986 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League}}
  • 1996 – Dele Alli, English international footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=63196|title=Dele Alli|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=31 March 2020}}
  • 1996 – Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter{{cite web |title=Summer Walker |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/summer-walker/990402287 |website=Apple Music |access-date=April 9, 2025}}
  • 2000 – Calen Addison, Canadian ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Calen Addison |url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/player/calen-addison-8480884 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League}}
  • 2000 – Milly Alcock, Australian actress{{cite web|url=https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ALCOCK-Milly-081121.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ALCOCK-Milly-081121.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Milly Alcock|website=Shanahan.com.au|access-date=31 August 2022}}
  • 2000 – Loïc Badé, French footballer{{cite web|title=Loïc Badé|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/75686/Lo%C3%AFc-Bad%C3%A9/overview#!|website=Premier League|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 2000 – Ken Carson, American rapper and record producer{{cite web |title=Ken Carson |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ken-carson/1434801023 |website=Apple Music |access-date=April 9, 2025}}
  • 2000 – Karina, South Korean singer{{Cite news |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/312/0000657620 |title=카리나, 누가 찍어줬을까…화려한 비주얼→푸짐한 생일상 눈길 |date=11 April 2024 |work=텐아시아|language=ko |access-date=25 October 2024}}
  • 2001 – Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Uruguay |publisher=FIFA |page=30 |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218195301/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2022 |url-status=live}}
  • 2002 – Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricketer{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1168049.html |title=Jake Fraser-McGurk |access-date=12 November 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
  • 2005 – Jack Hinshelwood, English footballer{{cite web|title=Jack Hinshelwood|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112739/Jack-Hinshelwood/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=11 April 2025}}
  • 2005 – Danielle Marsh, South Korean-Australian singer{{cite web|title="Don't hurry Be Happy"…뉴진스 혜인, 부상으로 스케줄 중단→다니엘 생일 축하|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15479694#_PA|work=톱스타뉴스|date=12 April 2024|access-date=10 March 2025|language=ko}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

  • 618 – Yang Guang, Chinese emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 569)
  • 678 – Donus, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 610)
  • 924 – Herman I, chancellor and archbishop of Cologne
  • 1034 – Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
  • 1077 – Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (b. 1014)
  • 1079 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (b. 1030)
  • 1165 – Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia{{cite book|author1=Július Bartl|author2=Dusan Skvarna|title=Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3orG2yZ9mBkC&pg=PA29|year=2002|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers|isbn=978-0-86516-444-4|pages=29}}
  • 1240 – Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (b. 1172){{cite book|author=Roger Turvey|title=Llywelyn the Great: Prince of Gwynedd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRMXAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gwasg Gomer|isbn=978-1-84323-747-1|page=134}}
  • 1349 – Ramadan ibn Alauddin, first known Muslim from Korea{{cite journal| author= 박현규 (Park Hyun-kyu) | title = Choegeun balgul-doen Jungguk sojang Haedong gwallyeon geumseongmun: Goryeo-in Isseullam-gyodo Ramadan myobi | script-title = ko:최근 발굴된 중국 소장 海東 관련 금석문: 고려인 이슬람교도 剌馬丹 묘비 | trans-title = A recently discovered Korea-related inscription in China: The epitaph of Ramadan, a Korean Muslim | journal = 중국학논총 | volume = 17 | year = 2004 | pages = 309–324 | url = https://dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09039250 | access-date = June 8, 2020 | ref = {{harvid|Park H.|2004}}}}
  • 1447 – Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377)
  • 1512 – Gaston de Foix, French military commander (b. 1489)
  • 1554 – Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (b. 1521){{cite book|author=George Wilson Page|title=The descendants of Robart Page of the king's house: the probable English origins, ancestors, and relatives of George Page of Branford, Connecticut, and Thomas Page of Saco in the Province of Maine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ohCAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=G.W. Page|page=112}}
  • 1587 – Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (b. 1530)

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

Holidays and observances

References

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External links

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  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11 BBC: On This Day]
  • {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=11}}
  • [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/11 Historical Events on April 11]

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