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On March 11, 843: Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.

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Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.

The Feast of Orthodoxy is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches using the Byzantine Rite to commemorate, originally, only the final defeat of iconoclasm on the first Sunday of Lent in 843, and later also opposition to all heterodoxy.

People

Born on March 11

Margarita Kolosov 2004– German rhythmic gymnast
Tristan Vukčević 2003– Serbian basketball player (born 2003)
Travis Konecny 1997– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Ray Spalding 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
Conor Garland 1996– American ice hockey player (born 1996)
Andy Robertson 1994– Scottish footballer (born 1994)
Jodie Comer 1993– English actress (born 1993)
Anthony Davis 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
Austin Swift 1992– American music executive (born 1992)
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Ayumi Morita 1990– Japanese tennis player (born 1990)
Malcolm Delaney 1989– American basketball player (born 1989)
Orlando Johnson 1989– American basketball player (born 1989)
Anton Yelchin 1989– American actor (1989–2016)
Pedro Báez 1988– Dominican baseball player (born 1988)
Fábio Coentrão 1988– Portuguese footballer (born 1988)
Cecil Lolo 1988– South African soccer player
Marc-André Gragnani 1987– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Tanel Kangert 1987– Estonian road cyclist

People

Died on March 11

Junior Bridgeman American basketball player and businessman (1953–2025)
Clive Revill New Zealand actor (1930–2025)
Paul Alexander American polio survivor, attorney and writer (1946–2024)
Rupiah Banda Zambian politician (1937–2022)
Ray Campi American rock musician (1934–2021)
Takis Mousafiris Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter (1936–2021)
Ken Dodd English stand-up comedian and singer (1927–2018)
Siegfried Rauch German film and television actor
Karl Lehmann Catholic clergyman
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Mary Rosenblum American author (1952–2018)
Iolanda Balaș Romanian high jumper
Doreen Massey British social scientist and geographer (b.1944)
Walter Burkert German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015)
Jimmy Greenspoon American musician (1948–2015)
Dean Bailey Australian rules footballer and coach
Joel Brinkley American journalist
Martin Adolf Bormann German theologian and laicized Catholic priest
Simón Alberto Consalvi Venezuelan politician, journalist and diplomat

Timeline

Every March 11 on record

  1. 843 Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.

    Feast observed in Orthodox Christianity

    The Feast of Orthodoxy is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church and other churches using the Byzantine Rite to commemorate, originally, only the final defeat of iconoclasm on the first Sunday of Lent in 843, and later also opposition to all heterodoxy.

  2. 1343 Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 O.S.), and, a year later, the first Archbishop of Prague.

    Archbishop of Prague

    Arnošt of Pardubice was the first Archbishop of Prague. He was also an advisor and diplomat to Emperor Charles IV.

  3. 1387 Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona.

    Battle fought in 1387 between Verona and Padua

    The Battle of Castagnaro was fought on 11 March 1387 at Castagnaro between Verona and Padua. It is one of the most famous battles of the Italian condottieri age.

  4. 1641 Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.

    Indigenous people of South America

    The Guarani are a group of culturally-related Indigenous peoples of South America. They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language. The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay and Bolivia.

  5. 1649 The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.

    Civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653

    The Fronde, was a civil war fought in France between 1648 and 1653, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659). The conflict derived from opposition to the centralising policies pursued by the government of Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin. These in turn were a response to the financial crisis caused by French involvement in the Thirty Years' War.

  6. 1702 The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
  7. 1708 Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
  8. 1784 The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
  9. 1795 The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory.
  10. 1845 Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand.
  11. 1848 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
  12. 1851 The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
  13. 1861 American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
  14. 1864 The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
  15. 1872 Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
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  1. 1879 Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
  2. 1888 The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.
  3. 1892 The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
  4. 1917 World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude.
  5. 1927 In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  6. 1941 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
  7. 1945 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  8. 1945 World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.
  9. 1946 Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
  10. 1977 The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
  11. 1978 Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  12. 1981 Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
  13. 1982 Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway.
  14. 1983 Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.
  15. 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.

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