April 11th, 1856

Born on April 11th, 1856

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 11th, 1856?

April 11th, 1856

Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Rivas

What else happened on April 11th?

April 11th, 2023

A Myanmar Air Force airstrike killed at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi.

April 11th, 2017

The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, killing a police officer and injuring one of the team's players.

April 11th, 2011

A bomb exploded at the central Oktyabrskaya station of the Minsk Metro in Belarus, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200.

April 11th, 2002

In a coup attempt, members of the Venezuelan military detained President Hugo Chávez and demanded his resignation.

April 11th, 1996

While attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and two others.

April 11th, 1993

Prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, rioted and took over the prison for 11 days, resulting in the deaths of one officer and nine inmates.

April 11th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: The allied forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front captured the capital Kampala, deposing Ugandan president Idi Amin.

April 11th, 1973

On the Art of the Cinema, a treatise on film propaganda in support of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea written by the future North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, was published.

April 11th, 1968

Rudi Dutschke, the most prominent leader of the German student movement, survived an assassination attempt, which led to the largest protests to that date in Germany.

April 11th, 1963

Pope John XXIII issued Pacem in terris, the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will" rather than only to Catholics.

April 11th, 1951

U.S. president Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements about the Korean War that contradicted the administration's policies.

April 11th, 1921

Emir Abdullah established the first centralised government in the recently created British protectorate of Transjordan.

April 11th, 1919

Paris Peace Conference: Woodrow Wilson overturns Japan's Racial Equality Proposal, stating that unanimous support was required.

April 11th, 1913

The cricket pavilion at the Nevill Ground was destroyed in an arson attack (damage pictured) that was attributed to militant suffragettes as part of a country-wide campaign co-ordinated by the Women's Social and Political Union.

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

Born on April 11th, 1856

47

Arthur Shrewsbury

English cricket player (1856-1903)

*April 11th, 1856, Nottinghamshire †May 19th, 1903, Gedling

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Who's birthday is on April 11th?

41

Summer Cem

German rapper

*April 11th, 1983, Mönchengladbach

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

71

Ettore Ximenes

Italian sculptor (1855-1926)

*April 11th, 1855, Palermo †December 20th, 1926, Rome

92

Joel Grey

American actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer

*April 11th, 1932, Cleveland

39

Ross Smith

Australian badminton player

*April 11th, 1985, Swan Hill

68

Reidar Sørensen

Norwegian actor

*April 11th, 1956, Hemnesberget

73

Sal Landi

American actor

*April 11th, 1951, New York City

33

Thiago Alcântara

Spanish and Brazilian footballer

*April 11th, 1991, San Pietro Vernotico

71

Guy Verhofstadt

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008

*April 11th, 1953, Dendermonde

86

Charles Evans Hughes

Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941

*April 11th, 1862, Glens Falls †August 27th, 1948, Osterville

68

Max Abegglen

Swiss footballer (1902-1970)

*April 11th, 1902, Neuchâtel †August 25th, 1970, Zermatt

52

Paul Douglas

American actor (1907-1959)

*April 11th, 1907, Philadelphia †September 11th, 1959, Hollywood

37

Will Tudor

British actor

*April 11th, 1987, London

78

Kurt Moll

German opera singer (1938-2017)

*April 11th, 1938, Buir †March 5th, 2017, Cologne

55

Cerys Matthews

Welsh singer-songwriter

*April 11th, 1969, Cardiff

61

Chris Ferguson

American poker player

*April 11th, 1963, Los Angeles

46

David Ducourtioux

French footballer

*April 11th, 1978, Limoges

82

Egon Franke

German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (1913-1995)

*April 11th, 1913, Hanover †April 26th, 1995, Hanover

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83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

67

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace †February 3rd, 1924, Woodrow Wilson House

73

Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, Unichowo

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

62

Alexander Bernewitz

Latvian theologian (1856-1919)

*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, Kandava

62

L. Frank Baum

American author of children's books (1856–1919)

*May 15th, 1856, Chittenango †May 6th, 1919, Hollywood

95

Philippe Pétain

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-Joinville

69

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London

64

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

German politician (1856–1921)

*November 29th, 1856, Hohenfinow †January 1st, 1921, Hohenfinow

80

Frank B. Kellogg

American politician (1856-1937)

*December 22nd, 1856, Potsdam †December 21st, 1937, Saint Paul

83

J. J. Thomson

British physicist (1856-1940)

*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge

62

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer

*November 30th, 1856, Roholte †October 13th, 1919, Klotzsche

59

Booker T. Washington

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

*April 5th, 1856, Hale's Ford †November 14th, 1915, Tuskegee

45

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

German botanist (1856–1901)

*May 12th, 1856, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1901, Basel

59

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker Hospital

60

Diamond Jim Brady

American businessman

*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City

55

Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

Spanish author

*November 3rd, 1856, Santander †May 19th, 1912, Santander

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Leap year

Yes: 1856 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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