December 11th, 1239

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What happened on December 11th, 1239?

December 11th, 1239

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Benavente

What else 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 (Lunar Roving Vehicle pictured), 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, 2024

Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were found guilty of the murder of Sara Sharif, and were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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.

Public holidays on December 11th

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1239 is a normal year and no leap year.

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