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On July 11, 813: Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).

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Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).

Michael I Rangabe was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. A courtier of Emperor Nikephoros I, he survived the disastrous campaign against the Bulgars and was preferred as imperial successor over Staurakios, who was severely injured. He was proclaimed emperor by Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople on 2 October 811.

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Born on July 11

Amad 2002– Ivorian footballer (born 2002)
Ryan Rolison 1997– American baseball player (born 1997)
Alessia Cara 1996– Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1996)
Joey Bosa 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Tyler Medeiros 1995– Canadian singer (born 1995)
Bartłomiej Kalinkowski 1994– Polish footballer
Anthony Milford 1994– Samoa international rugby league footballer
Nina Nesbitt 1994– Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1994)
Lucas Ocampos 1994– Argentine footballer (born 1994)
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Rebecca Bross 1993– American artistic gymnast
Heini Salonen 1993– Finnish tennis player
Mohamed Elneny 1992– Egyptian footballer (born 1992)
Mona Barthel 1990– German tennis player (born 1993)
Connor Paolo 1990– American actor (born 1990)
Adam Jezierski 1990– Polish-Spanish actor
Patrick Peterson 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Caroline Wozniacki 1990– Danish tennis player (born 1990)
Tobias Sana 1989– Swedish footballer (born 1989)

People

Died on July 11

Martin Cruz Smith American writer (1942–2025)
Shelley Duvall American actress and producer (1949–2024)
Monte Kiffin American football coach (1940–2024)
Stanley Tshabalala South African soccer player and coach (1949–2024)
Milan Kundera Czech and French novelist (1929–2023)
Charlie Robinson American actor (1945–2021)
Renée Simonot French actress and voice artist (1911–2021)
Marc Angelucci American lawyer and men's rights activist
Frank Bolling American baseball player (1931–2020)
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Jim Wong-Chu Canadian writer
Giacomo Biffi Catholic cardinal (1928–2015)
Satoru Iwata Japanese video game executive (1959–2015)
André Leysen Belgian businessman (born 1927)
Charlie Haden American musician and educator (1937–2014)
Carin Mannheimer Swedish author, dramatist and director (1934–2014)
Bill McGill American basketball player (1939–2014)
Tommy Ramone American drummer (1949–2014)
John Seigenthaler American journalist, writer, and political figure (1927–2014)

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  1. 813 Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).

    Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813

    Michael I Rangabe was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. A courtier of Emperor Nikephoros I, he survived the disastrous campaign against the Bulgars and was preferred as imperial successor over Staurakios, who was severely injured. He was proclaimed emperor by Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople on 2 October 811.

  2. 911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.

    Calendar year

    911 (CMXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

  3. 1174 Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.

    King of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185

    Baldwin IV (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185. Baldwin ascended to the throne when he was thirteen despite having leprosy. He launched several attempts to curb the increasing power of the Muslim ruler Saladin, though much of his life was marked by infighting amongst the kingdom's nobles.

  4. 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.

    1302 battle of the Franco-Flemish War

    The Battle of the Golden Spurs or 1302 Battle of Courtrai was a military confrontation between the royal army of France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the 1297–1305 Franco-Flemish War. It took place near the town of Kortrijk in modern-day Belgium and resulted in an unexpected victory for the Flemish.

  5. 1346 Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 to 1378

    Charles IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year. He was a member of the House of Luxembourg from his father's side and the Bohemian House of Přemyslid from his mother's side; he emphasized the latter due to his lifelong affinity for the Bohemian side of his inheritance, and also because his direct ancestors in the Přemyslid line included two saints.

  6. 1405 Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
  7. 1410 Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Ottoman capital, Edirne.
  8. 1476 Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
  9. 1576 While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
  10. 1616 Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
  11. 1735 Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
  12. 1789 Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
  13. 1796 The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
  14. 1798 The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
  15. 1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
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  1. 1804 A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
  2. 1833 Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
  3. 1836 The Fly-fisher's Entomology is published by Alfred Ronalds. The book transformed the sport and went to many editions.
  4. 1848 Waterloo railway station in London opens.
  5. 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
  6. 1882 The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
  7. 1889 Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
  8. 1893 The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
  9. 1893 A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
  10. 1897 Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon.
  11. 1899 Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  12. 1906 Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  13. 1914 Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
  14. 1914 The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship.
  15. 1919 The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.

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