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On February 11, -660: Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

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Aquarius

Featured moment · -660

Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo.

People

Born on February 11

Liam Lawson 2002– New Zealand racing driver (born 2002)
Bryan Gil 2001– Spanish footballer (born 2001)
Nassir Little 2000– American basketball player (born 2000)
Trent Frederic 1998– American ice hockey player (born 1998)
Josh Jacobs 1998– American football player (born 1998) Khalid 1998– American singer (born 1998)
Damien Harris 1997– American football player (born 1997)
Mike Hughes 1997– American football player (born 1997)
Hubert Hurkacz 1997– Polish tennis player (born 1997)
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Rosé 1997– New Zealand and South Korean singer (born 1997)
Zavier Simpson 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
Daniil Medvedev 1996– Russian tennis player (born 1996)
Jonathan Tah 1996– German footballer (born 1996)
Lucas Torreira 1996– Uruguayan footballer (born 1996)
Milan Škriniar 1995– Slovak footballer (born 1995)
Rick Karsdorp 1995– Dutch footballer (born 1995)
Dansby Swanson 1994– American baseball player (born 1994)
Ben McLemore 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)

People

Died on February 11

James Van Der Beek American actor (1977–2026)
Betsy Arakawa American musician and businesswoman (1959–2025)
Moses Lim Singaporean actor (1949–2025)
Allen J. Bard American electrochemist (1933–2024)
Kelvin Kiptum Kenyan long-distance runner (1999–2024)
Donald Spoto American biographer and theologian (1941–2023)
Vic Damone American singer and actor (1928–2018)
Asma Jahangir Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer
Jan Maxwell American actress (1956 – 2018)
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Qazi Wajid Pakistani actor (1944–2018)
Fab Melo Brazilian basketball player (1990–2017)
Jaap Rijks Dutch equestrian
Trish Doan Korean Canadian musician (1985–2017)
Kevin Randleman American mixed martial artist (1971–2016)
Zeng Xuelin Chinese footballer (1929–2016)
Roger Hanin French actor (1925–2015)
Bob Simon American journalist (1941–2015)
Jerry Tarkanian American basketball coach (1930–2015)

Timeline

Every February 11 on record

  1. -660 Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

    Legendary first emperor of Japan

    Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo.

  2. 55 The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.

    Calendar year

    AD 55 (LV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vetus. The denomination AD 55 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  3. 951 Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.

    Emperor of Later Zhou from 951 to 954

    Guo Wei, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou (後周太祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death in 954.

  4. 1144 Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.

    12th-century English scholar

    Robert of Chester was an English Arabist of the 12th century.

  5. 1534 At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".

    Church of England synodical assemblies

    The Convocations of Canterbury and York are the synodical assemblies of the bishops and clergy of each of the two provinces which comprise the Church of England. Their origins go back to the ecclesiastical reorganisation carried out under Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury (668–690) and the establishment of a separate northern province in 733. Until 1225 the synods were composed entirely of bishops, but during the thirteenth century more and more clergy were cited until by 1283 the membership was established as the bishops, deans, archdeacons and abbots of each province together with one proctor (representative) from each cathedral chapter and two proctors elected by the clergy of each diocese.

  6. 1584 A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
  7. 1586 Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
  8. 1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
  9. 1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
  10. 1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
  11. 1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
  12. 1823 Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
  13. 1826 University College London is founded as University of London.
  14. 1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
  15. 1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
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  1. 1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
  2. 1856 The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
  3. 1858 Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.
  4. 1861 American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
  5. 1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.
  6. 1889 The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  7. 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  8. 1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
  9. 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD) is elected President of Germany.
  10. 1929 The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
  11. 1933 LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.
  12. 1937 The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
  13. 1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R. that coined the term "robot".
  14. 1942 World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
  15. 1946 The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version, is published.

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