January 11th All Events |
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| January 11th, 2008 (January 11 2008) | Death | Carl Karcher, founded the Carl s Jr. hamburger chain (born in 1917) | |
| January 11th, 2008 (January 11 2008) | Death | Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the 1st person to climb Mt Everest in 1953 (born in 1919) | Edmund Hillary Quotes |
| January 11th, 2007 (January 11 2007) | Death | Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (born in 1926) | |
| January 11th, 2007 (January 11 2007) | Death | Robert Anton Wilson, American author (born in 1932) | Robert Anton Wilson Quotes |
| January 11th, 2007 (January 11 2007) | Death | Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (born in 1961) | |
| January 11th, 2006 (January 11 2006) | Death | Markus Loffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (born in 1966) | |
| January 11th, 2006 (January 11 2006) | Death | Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (born in 1998) | |
| January 11th, 2005 (January 11 2005) | Death | Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (born in 1913) | |
| January 11th, 2005 (January 11 2005) | Death | Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (born in 1938) | |
| January 11th, 2005 (January 11 2005) | Death | James Griffin, American musician (Bread) (born in 1943) | |
| January 11th, 2005 (January 11 2005) | Death | Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (born in 1957) | |
| January 11th, 2003 (January 11 2003) | Death | Richard Simmons, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| January 11th, 2003 (January 11 2003) | Death | Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (born in 1925) | |
| January 11th, 2003 (January 11 2003) | Death | Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex) (born in 1947) | |
| January 11th, 2002 (January 11 2002) | Death | Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (born in 1920) | |
| January 11th, 2002 (January 11 2002) | Death | Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (born in 1936) | |
| January 11th, 2001 (January 11 2001) | Death | Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (born in 1914) | |
| January 11th, 2001 (January 11 2001) | Death | Michael Williams, British actor, husband of Judi Dench (born in 1935) | |
| January 11th, 2000 (January 11 2000) | Death | Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (born in 1907) | |
| January 11th, 2000 (January 11 2000) | Death | Ivan Combe, American inventor (born in 1911) | |
| January 11th, 2000 (January 11 2000) | Death | Bob Lemon, American baseball player (born in 1920) | |
| January 11th, 1999 (January 11 1999) | Death | Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (born in 1897) | |
| January 11th, 1999 (January 11 1999) | Death | Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (born in 1921) | |
| January 11th, 1999 (January 11 1999) | Death | Fabrizio de Andre, Italian singer (born in 1940) | |
| January 11th, 1998 (January 11 1998) | Event | Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed. | |
| January 11th, 1998 (January 11 1998) | Death | Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (born in 1926) | |
| January 11th, 1996 (January 11 1996) | Event | Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| January 11th, 1995 (January 11 1995) | Death | Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (born in 1909) | |
| January 11th, 1994 (January 11 1994) | Event | The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Fein. | |
| January 11th, 1994 (January 11 1994) | Death | Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (born in 1902) | |
| January 11th, 1993 (January 11 1993) | Birth | Flora Cross, American actress | |
| January 11th, 1991 (January 11 1991) | Death | Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1905) | |
| January 11th, 1990 (January 11 1990) | Event | 300,000 march in favor of Lithuanian independence. | |
| January 11th, 1988 (January 11 1988) | Death | Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (born in 1873) | |
| January 11th, 1988 (January 11 1988) | Death | Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American WW II Marine aviator (born in 1912) | |
| January 11th, 1987 (January 11 1987) | Birth | Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider | |
| January 11th, 1987 (January 11 1987) | Death | Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (born in 1911) | |
| January 11th, 1986 (January 11 1986) | Event | The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened. | |
| January 11th, 1986 (January 11 1986) | Death | Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (born in 1916) | |
| January 11th, 1985 (January 11 1985) | Birth | Rie fu, Japanese singer | |
| January 11th, 1985 (January 11 1985) | Birth | Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver | |
| January 11th, 1985 (January 11 1985) | Death | Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (born in 1891) | |
| January 11th, 1983 (January 11 1983) | Birth | Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player | |
| January 11th, 1983 (January 11 1983) | Birth | Adrian Sutil, German racing driver | |
| January 11th, 1983 (January 11 1983) | Death | Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (born in 1894) | |
| January 11th, 1982 (January 11 1982) | Birth | Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer | |
| January 11th, 1982 (January 11 1982) | Birth | Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress | |
| January 11th, 1981 (January 11 1981) | Birth | Jamelia, English singer | |
| January 11th, 1981 (January 11 1981) | Birth | Tom Meighan, British singer (Kasabian) | |
| January 11th, 1981 (January 11 1981) | Death | Beulah Bondi, American actress (born in 1888) | |
| January 11th, 1980 (January 11 1980) | Birth | Mike Williams, American football player | |
| January 11th, 1980 (January 11 1980) | Birth | Deanna Wright, American actress | |
| January 11th, 1980 (January 11 1980) | Death | Barbara Pym, English novelist (born in 1913) | |
| January 11th, 1979 (January 11 1979) | Birth | Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director | |
| January 11th, 1979 (January 11 1979) | Birth | Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer | |
| January 11th, 1979 (January 11 1979) | Death | Jack Soo, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| January 11th, 1978 (January 11 1978) | Birth | Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer | |
| January 11th, 1978 (January 11 1978) | Birth | Emile Heskey, English footballer | |
| January 11th, 1978 (January 11 1978) | Birth | Holly Brisley, Australian actress | |
| January 11th, 1978 (January 11 1978) | Death | Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (born in 1927) | |
| January 11th, 1977 (January 11 1977) | Birth | Shomari Buchanan, American football player | |
| January 11th, 1977 (January 11 1977) | Birth | Nadia Turner, American singer | |
| January 11th, 1976 (January 11 1976) | Birth | Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player | |
| January 11th, 1975 (January 11 1975) | Birth | Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player | |
| January 11th, 1975 (January 11 1975) | Death | Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (born in 1901) | |
| January 11th, 1974 (January 11 1974) | Birth | Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player | |
| January 11th, 1974 (January 11 1974) | Birth | Jens Nowotny, German footballer | |
| January 11th, 1973 (January 11 1973) | Birth | Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress | |
| January 11th, 1973 (January 11 1973) | Birth | Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer | |
| January 11th, 1973 (January 11 1973) | Birth | Rockmond Dunbar, American actor | |
| January 11th, 1972 (January 11 1972) | Event | East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. | |
| January 11th, 1972 (January 11 1972) | Birth | Marc Blucas, American actor | |
| January 11th, 1972 (January 11 1972) | Birth | Amanda Peet, American actress | |
| January 11th, 1972 (January 11 1972) | Death | Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (born in 1881) | |
| January 11th, 1971 (January 11 1971) | Birth | Mary J. Blige, American singer | |
| January 11th, 1970 (January 11 1970) | Birth | Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach | |
| January 11th, 1970 (January 11 1970) | Birth | Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, film director, and screenwriter. | |
| January 11th, 1969 (January 11 1969) | Birth | Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player | |
| January 11th, 1969 (January 11 1969) | Birth | Kyle Richards, American actress | |
| January 11th, 1969 (January 11 1969) | Death | Richmal Crompton, British author (born in 1890) | |
| January 11th, 1968 (January 11 1968) | Birth | Anders Borg, Swedish politician | |
| January 11th, 1968 (January 11 1968) | Birth | Tom Dumont, American musician | |
| January 11th, 1968 (January 11 1968) | Death | Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1898) | Isidor Isaac Rabi Quotes |
| January 11th, 1967 (January 11 1967) | Birth | Derek Riddell, Scottish actor | |
| January 11th, 1966 (January 11 1966) | Birth | Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist | |
| January 11th, 1966 (January 11 1966) | Birth | Kelley Law, Canadian curler | |
| January 11th, 1966 (January 11 1966) | Death | Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (born in 1889) | |
| January 11th, 1966 (January 11 1966) | Death | Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (born in 1901) | Alberto Giacometti Quotes |
| January 11th, 1966 (January 11 1966) | Death | Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of independent India (born in 1904) | |
| January 11th, 1965 (January 11 1965) | Birth | Roland Scholten, Dutch Darts Player | |
| January 11th, 1964 (January 11 1964) | Event | United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. It is the first such statement ever made by the U.S. government. | |
| January 11th, 1963 (January 11 1963) | Birth | Tracy Caulkins, U.S. Olympic swimmer | |
| January 11th, 1963 (January 11 1963) | Birth | Dean Reynolds, English snooker player | |
| January 11th, 1962 (January 11 1962) | Event | An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths. | |
| January 11th, 1962 (January 11 1962) | Birth | Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy | |
| January 11th, 1961 (January 11 1961) | Birth | Jasper Fforde, British author | |
| January 11th, 1961 (January 11 1961) | Birth | Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Prince of Austria and Prince Royal of Hungary | |
| January 11th, 1961 (January 11 1961) | Death | Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (born in 1883) | |
| January 11th, 1959 (January 11 1959) | Birth | Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 11th, 1958 (January 11 1958) | Birth | Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles) | |
| January 11th, 1958 (January 11 1958) | Birth | Diego Leon Montoya Sanchez, former Columbian crime boss | |
| January 11th, 1958 (January 11 1958) | Death | Alec Rowley, English composer (born in 1892) | |
| January 11th, 1958 (January 11 1958) | Death | Edna Purviance, American actress (born in 1895) | |
| January 11th, 1957 (January 11 1957) | Event | The African Convention is founded in Dakar. | |
| January 11th, 1957 (January 11 1957) | Event | Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed via the Gas Chamber. | |
| January 11th, 1957 (January 11 1957) | Birth | Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager | |
| January 11th, 1957 (January 11 1957) | Death | Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (born in 1867) | |
| January 11th, 1956 (January 11 1956) | Birth | Robert Earl Keen, American singer | |
| January 11th, 1954 (January 11 1954) | Death | Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (born in 1870) | |
| January 11th, 1953 (January 11 1953) | Birth | John Sessions, Scottish actor | John Scott Quotes |
| January 11th, 1952 (January 11 1952) | Birth | Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright | |
| January 11th, 1952 (January 11 1952) | Birth | Ben Crenshaw, American golfer | |
| January 11th, 1952 (January 11 1952) | Birth | Michael Forshaw, Australian politician | |
| January 11th, 1952 (January 11 1952) | Birth | Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer | |
| January 11th, 1952 (January 11 1952) | Death | Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (born in 1889) | |
| January 11th, 1952 (January 11 1952) | Death | Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (born in 1885) | |
| January 11th, 1951 (January 11 1951) | Birth | Willie Maddren, English former footballer (died in 2000) | |
| January 11th, 1949 (January 11 1949) | Event | First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California. | |
| January 11th, 1949 (January 11 1949) | Birth | Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer | |
| January 11th, 1947 (January 11 1947) | Death | Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (born in 1879) | |
| January 11th, 1946 (January 11 1946) | Event | Enver Hoxha declares the People s Republic of Albania with himself as dictator. | |
| January 11th, 1946 (January 11 1946) | Birth | Naomi Judd, American singer | |
| January 11th, 1946 (January 11 1946) | Birth | Tony Kaye, British keyboard player (Yes) | |
| January 11th, 1946 (January 11 1946) | Birth | John Piper, American theologian | |
| January 11th, 1945 (January 11 1945) | Birth | Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress | |
| January 11th, 1945 (January 11 1945) | Birth | Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry, Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Dhammayutt Order | |
| January 11th, 1944 (January 11 1944) | Birth | Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (died in 1989) | |
| January 11th, 1944 (January 11 1944) | Birth | Shibu Soren, Indian politician | |
| January 11th, 1944 (January 11 1944) | Death | Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini s son-in-law (born in 1903) | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| January 11th, 1943 (January 11 1943) | Event | The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. | |
| January 11th, 1943 (January 11 1943) | Birth | Jim Hightower, American radio host and author | Jim Hightower Quotes |
| January 11th, 1942 (January 11 1942) | Event | Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies. | |
| January 11th, 1942 (January 11 1942) | Event | The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur. | |
| January 11th, 1942 (January 11 1942) | Birth | Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band) | |
| January 11th, 1941 (January 11 1941) | Birth | Gerson, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 11th, 1941 (January 11 1941) | Death | Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (born in 1868) | |
| January 11th, 1939 (January 11 1939) | Birth | Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier | |
| January 11th, 1938 (January 11 1938) | Birth | Fischer Black, American economist (died in 1995) | |
| January 11th, 1938 (January 11 1938) | Birth | Arthur Scargill, Socialist Labour Party (UK) leader | |
| January 11th, 1935 (January 11 1935) | Event | Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California. | |
| January 11th, 1935 (January 11 1935) | Birth | Ghita Norby, Danish actress | |
| January 11th, 1934 (January 11 1934) | Birth | Jean Chretien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada | |
| January 11th, 1934 (January 11 1934) | Birth | Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, Computer scientist | |
| January 11th, 1932 (January 11 1932) | Birth | Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director | |
| January 11th, 1931 (January 11 1931) | Birth | Betty Churcher, director of the National Gallery of Australia | |
| January 11th, 1931 (January 11 1931) | Death | James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (born in 1852) | |
| January 11th, 1930 (January 11 1930) | Birth | Ron Mulock, Australian politician | |
| January 11th, 1930 (January 11 1930) | Birth | Rod Taylor, Australian actor | |
| January 11th, 1928 (January 11 1928) | Birth | David L. Wolper, American television producer | |
| January 11th, 1928 (January 11 1928) | Death | Thomas Hardy, English writer (born in 1840) | Thomas Hardy Quotes |
| January 11th, 1926 (January 11 1926) | Birth | Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 1998) | |
| January 11th, 1925 (January 11 1925) | Birth | Grant Tinker, American television executive | |
| January 11th, 1924 (January 11 1924) | Birth | Slim Harpo, American musician (died in 1970) | |
| January 11th, 1924 (January 11 1924) | Birth | Sam B. Hall, American politician (died in 1994) | |
| January 11th, 1924 (January 11 1924) | Birth | Don Cherry, American singer and golfer | |
| January 11th, 1924 (January 11 1924) | Birth | Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 11th, 1923 (January 11 1923) | Event | Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its reparation payments. | |
| January 11th, 1923 (January 11 1923) | Birth | Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman | Tom Carroll Quotes |
| January 11th, 1923 (January 11 1923) | Death | King Constantine I of Greece (born in 1868) | |
| January 11th, 1922 (January 11 1922) | Event | First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient. | |
| January 11th, 1921 (January 11 1921) | Birth | Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (died in 1990) | |
| January 11th, 1921 (January 11 1921) | Birth | Juanita M. Kreps, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce | |
| January 11th, 1919 (January 11 1919) | Event | Romania annexes Transylvania. | |
| January 11th, 1917 (January 11 1917) | Event | The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage. | |
| January 11th, 1917 (January 11 1917) | Birth | John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (died in 1982) | |
| January 11th, 1916 (January 11 1916) | Birth | Bernard Blier, French actor (died in 1989) | |
| January 11th, 1915 (January 11 1915) | Birth | Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier, co-founder Special Air Service (died in 1955) | Robert Blair Quotes |
| January 11th, 1914 (January 11 1914) | Death | Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (born in 1842) | |
| January 11th, 1912 (January 11 1912) | Event | The Lawrence textile strike begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. | |
| January 11th, 1911 (January 11 1911) | Birth | Nora Heysen, Australian artist (died in 2003) | |
| January 11th, 1911 (January 11 1911) | Birth | Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (died in 2004) | |
| January 11th, 1910 (January 11 1910) | Birth | Sir Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (died in 1966) | |
| January 11th, 1910 (January 11 1910) | Birth | Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (died in 1975) | |
| January 11th, 1910 (January 11 1910) | Birth | Izler Solomon, American conductor (died in 1987) | Solomon Quotes |
| January 11th, 1908 (January 11 1908) | Event | Grand Canyon National Monument is created. | |
| January 11th, 1908 (January 11 1908) | Birth | Lionel Stander, American actor (died in 1994) | |
| January 11th, 1907 (January 11 1907) | Birth | Pierre Mendes-France, French politician (died in 1982) | |
| January 11th, 1906 (January 11 1906) | Birth | Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (died in 2008) | |
| January 11th, 1905 (January 11 1905) | Birth | Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (died in 1960) | |
| January 11th, 1905 (January 11 1905) | Birth | Manfred B Lee, U.S. writer, co-eponym of Ellery Queen (died in 1971) | |
| January 11th, 1905 (January 11 1905) | Death | Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (born in 1847) | |
| January 11th, 1903 (January 11 1903) | Birth | Alan Paton, South African writer (died in 1988) | |
| January 11th, 1902 (January 11 1902) | Birth | Maurice Durufle, French composer (died in 1986) | |
| January 11th, 1902 (January 11 1902) | Death | Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (born in 1862) | |
| January 11th, 1901 (January 11 1901) | Birth | Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (died in 1988) | |
| January 11th, 1901 (January 11 1901) | Death | Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (born in 1866) | |
| January 11th, 1899 (January 11 1899) | Birth | Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (died in 1991) | |
| January 11th, 1897 (January 11 1897) | Birth | August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (died in 1979) | |
| January 11th, 1895 (January 11 1895) | Birth | Laurens Hammond, American inventor of the Hammond organ (died in 1973) | |
| January 11th, 1891 (January 11 1891) | Death | Baron Georges Haussmann, French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris (born in 1809) | |
| January 11th, 1890 (January 11 1890) | Birth | Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (died in 1954) | |
| January 11th, 1890 (January 11 1890) | Birth | Max Carey, American baseball player (died in 1976) | |
| January 11th, 1889 (January 11 1889) | Birth | Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (died in 1938) | |
| January 11th, 1888 (January 11 1888) | Birth | Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (died in 1971) | |
| January 11th, 1887 (January 11 1887) | Birth | Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (died in 1948) | |
| January 11th, 1885 (January 11 1885) | Birth | Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (died in 1965) | |
| January 11th, 1885 (January 11 1885) | Birth | Alice Paul, American women s rights activist (died in 1977) | |
| January 11th, 1882 (January 11 1882) | Death | Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (born in 1810) | |
| January 11th, 1879 (January 11 1879) | Event | The Anglo-Zulu War begins. | |
| January 11th, 1876 (January 11 1876) | Birth | Elmer Flick, American baseball player (died in 1971) | |
| January 11th, 1875 (January 11 1875) | Birth | Reinhold Gliere, Russian composer (died in 1956) | |
| January 11th, 1873 (January 11 1873) | Birth | John Callan O Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (died in 1949) | |
| January 11th, 1872 (January 11 1872) | Birth | George Washington Pierce, American physicist (died in 1956) | George Washington Quotes |
| January 11th, 1870 (January 11 1870) | Birth | Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (died in 1945) | |
| January 11th, 1868 (January 11 1868) | Birth | Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (died in 1940) | |
| January 11th, 1867 (January 11 1867) | Event | Benito Juarez becomes the Mexican president again. | Benito Juarez Quotes |
| January 11th, 1867 (January 11 1867) | Birth | Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (died in 1927) | |
| January 11th, 1867 (January 11 1867) | Death | Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (born in 1812) | |
| January 11th, 1864 (January 11 1864) | Birth | Thomas Dixon, American playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author (died in 1946) | |
| January 11th, 1863 (January 11 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas PostGeneral John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union. | |
| January 11th, 1861 (January 11 1861) | Event | Alabama secedes from the United States. | |
| January 11th, 1859 (January 11 1859) | Birth | Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (died in 1925) | |
| January 11th, 1858 (January 11 1858) | Birth | Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (died in 1947) | |
| January 11th, 1857 (January 11 1857) | Birth | Fred Archer, English jockey (died in 1886) | |
| January 11th, 1856 (January 11 1856) | Birth | Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (died in 1932) | |
| January 11th, 1853 (January 11 1853) | Birth | Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (died in 1926) | |
| January 11th, 1852 (January 11 1852) | Birth | Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (died in 1926) | |
| January 11th, 1850 (January 11 1850) | Birth | Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (died in 1942) | |
| January 11th, 1845 (January 11 1845) | Birth | Albert Victor Backlund, Swedish physicist (died in 1912) | |
| January 11th, 1843 (January 11 1843) | Birth | Charles Yelverton O Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (died in 1902) | |
| January 11th, 1843 (January 11 1843) | Death | Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (born in 1779) | Francis Scott Key Quotes |
| January 11th, 1842 (January 11 1842) | Birth | William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died in 1910) | William James Quotes |
| January 11th, 1839 (January 11 1839) | Birth | Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator, philosopher and nationalist (died in 1903) | Philo Quotes |
| January 11th, 1836 (January 11 1836) | Death | John Molson, Canadian brewer (born in 1763) | |
| January 11th, 1825 (January 11 1825) | Birth | Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (died in 1878 | Bayard Taylor Quotes |
| January 11th, 1815 (January 11 1815) | Birth | John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1891) | |
| January 11th, 1814 (January 11 1814) | Birth | James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (died in 1899) | |
| January 11th, 1807 (January 11 1807) | Birth | Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (died in 1874) | |
| January 11th, 1805 (January 11 1805) | Event | The Michigan Territory is created. | |
| January 11th, 1801 (January 11 1801) | Death | Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (born in 1749) | |
| January 11th, 1800 (January 11 1800) | Birth | Anyos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (died in 1895) | |
| January 11th, 1794 (January 11 1794) | Event | Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties. | |
| January 11th, 1791 (January 11 1791) | Death | William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (born in 1717) | |
| January 11th, 1788 (January 11 1788) | Birth | William Thomas Brande, English chemist (died in 1866) | |
| January 11th, 1787 (January 11 1787) | Event | William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. | |
| January 11th, 1779 (January 11 1779) | Event | Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. | |
| January 11th, 1775 (January 11 1775) | Death | Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (born in 1723) | |
| January 11th, 1771 (January 11 1771) | Death | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d Argens, French writer (born in 1704) | |
| January 11th, 1763 (January 11 1763) | Death | Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (born in 1676) | |
| January 11th, 1762 (January 11 1762) | Death | Louis-Francois Roubiliac, French sculptor (born in 1695) | |
| January 11th, 1759 (January 11 1759) | Event | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. | |
| January 11th, 1757 (January 11 1757) | Birth | Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (died in 1831) | |
| January 11th, 1755 (January 11 1755) | Birth | Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died in 1804) | Alexander Hamilton Quotes |
| January 11th, 1753 (January 11 1753) | Death | Sir Hans Sloane, Ulster-Scot physician and collector (born in 1660) | |
| January 11th, 1735 (January 11 1735) | Death | Danilo I , Vladika of Montenegro (born in c. 1670) | |
| January 11th, 1723 (January 11 1723) | Birth | Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (died in 1774) | |
| January 11th, 1713 (January 11 1713) | Death | Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (born in 1637) | |
| January 11th, 1703 (January 11 1703) | Death | Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (born in 1632) | |
| January 11th, 1696 (January 11 1696) | Death | Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (born in 1616) | |
| January 11th, 1693 (January 11 1693) | Event | Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. | |
| January 11th, 1671 (January 11 1671) | Birth | Francois-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (died in 1745) | |
| January 11th, 1641 (January 11 1641) | Death | Juan Martinez de Jauregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (born in 1583) | |
| January 11th, 1630 (January 11 1630) | Birth | John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (died in 1684) | |
| January 11th, 1591 (January 11 1591) | Birth | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (died in 1646) | |
| January 11th, 1571 (January 11 1571) | Event | Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion. | |
| January 11th, 1569 (January 11 1569) | Event | First recorded lottery in England. | |
| January 11th, 1547 (January 11 1547) | Death | Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (born in 1470) | |
| January 11th, 1503 (January 11 1503) | Birth | Parmigianino, Italian artist (died in 1540) | |
| January 11th, 1495 (January 11 1495) | Death | Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (born in 1428) | |
| January 11th, 1494 (January 11 1494) | Death | Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (born in 1449) | |
| January 11th, 1395 (January 11 1395) | Birth | Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (died in 1422) | |
| January 11th, 1359 (January 11 1359) | Birth | Emperor Go-En yu of Japan (died in 1393) | |
| January 11th, 1322 (January 11 1322) | Birth | Emperor Komyo of Japan (died in 1380) | |
| January 11th, 1158 (January 11 1158) | Event | Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia. | |
| January 11th, 1083 (January 11 1083) | Death | Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020) | |
| January 11th, 1055 (January 11 1055) | Event | Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. | |
| January 11th, 1055 (January 11 1055) | Death | Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (born in 1000) | |
| January 11th, 0889 (January 11 0889) | Birth | Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (died in 961) | |
| January 11th, 0844 (January 11 0844) | Death | Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor | |
| January 11th, 0812 (January 11 0812) | Death | Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor | |
| January 11th, 0802 (January 11 0802) | Death | St. Paulinus II of Aquileia | |
| January 11th, 0705 (January 11 0705) | Death | Pope John VI | |
| January 11th, 0347 (January 11 0347) | Birth | Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (died in 395) | |
| January 11th, 0314 (January 11 0314) | Death | St. Miltiades | |
