What are the important events that happened on February 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 11 is the 42^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 29, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,739,232,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontadigon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 371 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,435 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 11 Historical Events

• 55 –
  Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
• 1790 –
  The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
• 1808 –
  Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
• 1903 –
  Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
• 1959 –
  The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• 1975 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1981 –
  100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
• 2008 –
  Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
• 2011 –
  Egyptian Revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

Who were born on February 11?

• 1380 –
  Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
• 1776 –
  Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)
• 1900 –
  Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1915 –
  Patrick Leigh Fermor, English author
• 1917 –
  T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
• 1932 –
  Jerome Lowenthal, American pianist
• 1959 –
  Deborah Meaden, British entrepreneur
• 1962 –
  Sheryl Crow, American musician
• 1967 –
  Ty Treadway, American actor
• 1982 –
  Natalie Dormer, English actress

Who died on February 11?

• 641 –
  Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
• 824 –
  Pope Paschal I
• 1954 –
  Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
• 1978 –
  James B Conant, American chemist and university president (b. 1893)
• 1996 –
  Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
• 1997 –
  Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
• 2000 –
  Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
• 2006 –
  Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)
• 2008 –
  Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (b. 1919)
• 2010 –
  Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (b. 1969)