WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. OCTOBER
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A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria. (11. October 1138)

A peace treaty between the Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin–Song wars. (11. October 1142)

Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland. (11. October 1531)

Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. (11. October 1582)

Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. (11. October 1614)

The Burchardi flood – "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. (11. October 1634)

Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians. (11. October 1649)

George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain. (11. October 1727)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island – On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. (11. October 1776)

Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory. (11. October 1797)

Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand. (11. October 1809)

Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). (11. October 1811)

A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte. (11. October 1833)

The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. (11. October 1852)

American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north. (11. October 1862)

Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city. (11. October 1864)

Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. (11. October 1865)

In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. (11. October 1890)

Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. (11. October 1899)

The Western League is renamed the American League. (11. October 1899)