This Day in History
Today: January 11, 2026
532
Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.[1]
630
Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders.[2]
930
Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.[3]
1055
Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.[4]
1158
Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.[5]
1569
First recorded lottery in England.[6]
1654
Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.[7]
1759
The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<span class="mw-reflink-text" i...
1779
Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.[9]
1787
William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.[10]
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