October 11th, 1581

Born on October 11th, 1581

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 162,000 days old!

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What happened on October 11th?

October 11th, 1950

CBS's field-sequential color system for television was the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

October 11th, 2002

A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths and 159 injuries.

October 11th, 1991

During the confirmation hearings upon the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States, Anita Hill testified that he had sexually harassed her several years earlier.

October 11th, 1987

An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.

October 11th, 1975

The American weekly sketch comedy–variety show Saturday Night Live was broadcast for the first time.

October 11th, 1973

Typhoon Nora, the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record, dissipated after killing 40 people and leaving more than a million homeless across Taiwan and the Philippines.

October 11th, 1968

Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida.

October 11th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.

October 11th, 1937

Former British king Edward and his wife arrived at Berlin Friedrichstraße station to begin a tour of Nazi Germany, where they were greeted with Nazi salutes and dined with high-ranking members of the state apparatus.

October 11th, 1865

The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica; after protestors burned down the courthouse, it was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.

October 11th, 1852

The University of Sydney (pictured), Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated two years after being established by the University of Sydney Act.

October 11th, 1840

Bashir Shihab II (pictured) surrendered to the Ottoman Empire and was removed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after an imperial decree by Sultan Abdülmecid I.

October 11th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.

October 11th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign.

October 11th, 1142

The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song wars, although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.

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

Same year
Born in 1581

56

Jeremias Drexel

German Jesuit

*August 15th, 1581, Augsburg †April 19th, 1638, Munich

53

Johann Staden

German Baroque organist and composer

*July 2nd, 1581, Nuremberg †November 15th, 1634, Nuremberg

65

Louis Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 27th, 1581, Rudolstadt †November 4th, 1646, Rudolstadt

69

Camillo II Gonzaga

(1581-1650)

*May 25th, 1581, Novellara †November 8th, 1650, Novellara

74

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*January 30th, 1581, Old Cölln †June 9th, 1655, Bayreuth

75

James Ussher

Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656)

*January 4th, 1581, Dublin †March 21st, 1656, Reigate

56

Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac

French mathematician (1581-1638)

*October 9th, 1581, Bourg-en-Bresse †February 26th, 1638, Bourg-en-Bresse

81

Wolfgang Kilian

German engraver (1581-1662 or 1663)

*May 10th, 1581, Augsburg †February 18th, 1663, Augsburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1581 is a normal year and no leap year.

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