December 11th, 1220

Born on December 11th, 1220

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 293,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 553 days, exactly on November 21st, 2025, people who were born on December 11th, 1220 will be 294,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 11th?

December 11th, 2008

American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.

December 11th, 2005

Demonstrations in Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney, against recent violence towards locals turned into a series of race riots.

December 11th, 1972

Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon.

December 11th, 1925

Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King.

December 11th, 1920

Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.

December 11th, 1907

The original Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire (pictured).

December 11th, 1899

Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, Boers defeated British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

December 11th, 1886

The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs.

December 11th, 1789

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (structure pictured), one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, was chartered.

December 11th, 1640

A crowd of 1,500 people presented the Root and Branch petition to the Long Parliament, calling for abolishing the episcopacy of the Church of England.

December 11th, 0861

The Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil was assassinated by his guards, beginning the Anarchy at Samarra.

December 11th, 1239

Treaty of Benavente: the heiresses of the Kingdom of León renounce their throne to King Ferdinand III of Castile

December 11th, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.

December 11th, 2019

The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.

December 11th, 2017

New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 11th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 11th?

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

94

Val Guest

English actor and director

*December 11th, 1911, London †May 10th, 2006, Palm Springs

65

Hector Berlioz

French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

*December 11th, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André †March 8th, 1869, Paris

89

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer and historian (1918–2008)

*December 11th, 1918, Kislovodsk †August 3rd, 2008, Moscow

47

Alexie Gilmore

American actress

*December 11th, 1976, Manhattan

84

Jean Marais

French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)

*December 11th, 1913, Cherbourg †November 8th, 1998, Cannes

92

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress

*December 11th, 1931, Humacao

66

Robert Koch

German physician, bacteriologist

*December 11th, 1843, Clausthal †May 27th, 1910, Baden-Baden

79

Gianni Morandi

Italian singer

*December 11th, 1944, Monghidoro

76

Teri Garr

American actress

*December 11th, 1947, Lakewood

50

Mos Def

American rapper and actor from New York

*December 11th, 1973, Brooklyn

87

Max Born

German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)

*December 11th, 1882, Wrocław †January 5th, 1970, Göttingen

57

Big Mama Thornton

American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

*December 11th, 1926, Montgomery †July 25th, 1984, Los Angeles

85

Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

81

Frank Schöbel

German singer

*December 11th, 1942, Leipzig

55

Emmanuelle Charpentier

French microbiologist and biochemist

*December 11th, 1968, Juvisy-sur-Orge

85

Maila Nurmi

Finnish American actress (1922-2008)

*December 11th, 1922, Pechenga †January 10th, 2008, Los Angeles

36

Peter Scholze

German mathematician

*December 11th, 1987, Dresden

70

Fulvio Orsini

Italian humanist, historian, and archaeologist

*December 11th, 1529, Rome †May 18th, 1600, Rome

49

Ben Shephard

English television personality

*December 11th, 1974, Epping

94

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian writer (1911–2006)

*December 11th, 1911, Cairo †August 30th, 2006, Giza Governorate

58

Rajneesh

Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement

*December 11th, 1931, Udaipura †January 19th, 1990, Pune

54

Viswanathan Anand

Indian chess grandmaster

*December 11th, 1969, Chennai

46

Alfred de Musset

French writer (1810-1857)

*December 11th, 1810, Paris †May 2nd, 1857, Paris

58

Dámaso Zabalza

Spanish composer and pianist (1830-1894)

*December 11th, 1835, Irurita †February 27th, 1894, Madrid

27

Dovydas Nemeravičius

Lithuanian rower

*December 11th, 1996, Kaunas

41

Erich Hagen

East German cyclist

*December 11th, 1936, Leipzig †May 26th, 1978, Leipzig

31

Christophe Laporte

French bicycle racer

*December 11th, 1992, La Seyne-sur-Mer

37

Condola Rashād

American actress

*December 11th, 1986, New York City

45

Franco Ballerini

Italian racing cyclist

*December 11th, 1964, Florence †February 7th, 2010, Pistoia

27

Hailee Steinfeld

American actress, singer and model

*December 11th, 1996, Tarzana

93

Paul Greengard

American neuroscientist

*December 11th, 1925, New York City †April 13th, 2019, Manhattan

62

Macky Sall

4th President of Senegal, formerly Prime Minister

*December 11th, 1961, Fatick

43

Sandra Keith

Canadian biathlete

*December 11th, 1980, Ottawa

103

Elliott Carter

American composer

*December 11th, 1908, Manhattan †November 5th, 2012, New York City

45

Leo X

Son of Lorenzo de' Medici fia, pope from 1513 to 1521

*December 11th, 1475, Florence †December 1st, 1521, Rome

95

Jean Swiatek

French footballer (1921-2017)

*December 11th, 1921, Duszniki-Zdrój †May 17th, 2017, Talence

84

Pranab Mukherjee

President of India from 2012 to 2017

*December 11th, 1935, Mirati †August 31st, 2020, New Delhi

42

Javier Saviola

Argentine footballer

*December 11th, 1981, Buenos Aires

98

Dilip Kumar

Indian actor and politician

*December 11th, 1922, Peshawar †July 7th, 2021, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai

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Public holidays on December 11th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 11th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1220 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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