Calendar date · January

What happened on January 11

On January 11, 532: Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.

Events

49

across history

Notable births

50

Notable deaths

50

Zodiac

Capricorn

Featured moment · 532

Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.

The Nika riots, Nika revolt or Nika sedition took place against Byzantine emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in 532 AD. They are often regarded as the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half of Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

People

Born on January 11

Elly De La Cruz 2002– Dominican baseball player (born 2002)
Lee Chae-yeon 2000– South Korean singer and dancer (born 2000)
Jeanette Hegg Duestad 1999– Norwegian sport shooter (born 1999)
Lim Sung-jin 1999– South Korean volleyball player (born 1999)
Brandon Wakeham 1999– Fiji international rugby league footballer
Thomas Mikaele 1998– New Zealand rugby league footballer
Cody Simpson 1997– Australian singer and swimmer (born 1997)
Leroy Sané 1996– German footballer (born 1996)
Nick Solak 1995– American baseball player (born 1995)
Show 9 more — notable births on January 11
Chris Boucher 1993– Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player (born 1993)
Park Junghwan 1993– South Korean Go player
Michael Keane 1993– English footballer (born 1993)
Will Keane 1993– English footballer (born 1993)
Dani Carvajal 1992– Spanish footballer (born 1992)
Lee Seung-hoon 1992– South Korean rapper (born 1992)
Andrea Bertolacci 1991– Italian professional footballer (born 1991)
Malik Jackson 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Demario Davis 1989– American football player (born 1989)

People

Died on January 11

Richard Codey American politician (1946–2026)
Carole Cook American actress (1924–2023)
Michael Atiyah British-Lebanese mathematician (1929–2019)
Edgar Ray Killen Ku Klux Klan organizer convicted of manslaughter (1925–2018)
Adenan Satem Malaysian politician (1944–2017)
Monte Irvin American baseball player (1919–2016)
David Margulies American actor (1937–2016)
Jenő Buzánszky Hungarian football player and manager (1925–2015)
Anita Ekberg Swedish actress (1931–2015)
Show 9 more — notable deaths on January 11
Chashi Nazrul Islam Bangladeshi film director
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle American physician
Keiko Awaji Japanese actress (1933–2014)
Muhammad Habibur Rahman Bangladeshi statesman (1928–2014)
Chai Trong-rong Taiwanese politician (1935–2014)
Ariel Sharon Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006
Guido Forti Founder and team manager of Formula One team Forti
Nguyễn Khánh South Vietnamese military supreme ruler (1927–2013) Mariangela Melato Italian actress (1941–2013)

Timeline

Every January 11 on record

  1. 532 Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.

    532 Byzantine revolt against Justinian I

    The Nika riots, Nika revolt or Nika sedition took place against Byzantine emperor Justinian I in Constantinople over the course of a week in 532 AD. They are often regarded as the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half of Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

  2. 630 Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders.

    Military campaign in early Muslim history, 629–630 CE

    The conquest of Mecca was a military campaign undertaken by Muhammad and his companions during the Muslim–Quraysh War. They led the early Muslims in an advance on the Quraysh-controlled city of Mecca in December 629 or January 630. The fall of the city to Muhammad formally marked the end of the conflict between his followers and the Quraysh tribal confederation.

  3. 930 Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.

    Qarmatian attack on the Abbasids

    The Sack of Mecca occurred on 11 January 930, when the Qarmatians of Bahrayn sacked the Muslim holy city amidst the rituals of the Hajj pilgrimage.

  4. 1055 Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.

    Byzantine empress from 1042 to 1056

    Theodora Porphyrogenita was Byzantine Empress from 21 April 1042 to her death on 31 August 1056, and sole ruler from 11 January 1055. She was the last sovereign of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled the Byzantine Empire for almost 200 years.

  5. 1158 Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.

    Duke of Bohemia (r. 1140–58); King of Bohemia (r. 1158–73)

    Vladislaus II or Vladislav II was the Duke of Bohemia from 1140 and then King of Bohemia from 1158 until his abdication in 1173. He was the second Bohemian king after Vratislaus II, but in neither case was the royal title hereditary.

  6. 1569 First recorded lottery in England.
  7. 1654 Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
  8. 1759 The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  9. 1787 William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
  10. 1805 The Michigan Territory is created.
  11. 1820 The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 destroys over 400 buildings in Savannah, Georgia.
  12. 1851 Taiping Rebellion: Hong Xiuquan proclaims the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, starting the Jintian Uprising.
  13. 1861 American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
  14. 1863 American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Arkansas Post concludes as General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the Arkansas River for the Union.
  15. 1863 American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
Show 15 earlier entries from January 11
  1. 1879 The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  2. 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  3. 1912 Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
  4. 1914 The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sinks after being crushed by ice.
  5. 1917 The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs, possibly as a result of German sabotage.
  6. 1922 Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
  7. 1923 Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
  8. 1927 Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  9. 1935 Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
  10. 1942 World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
  11. 1942 World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
  12. 1943 The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
  13. 1943 Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
  14. 1946 Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
  15. 1949 The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.

Around the world

Holidays on January 11

Keep going

More to explore

The zodiac sign covering January 11 Capricorn Browse the calendar Every day in January Browse the calendar Every day in January