Day In History
This Day in History
Today: May 11, 2026
330
Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]
868
A copy of the Diamond Sūtra is published,[2] making it the earliest dated and printed book known.[3]
973
In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, Edgar the Peaceful is crowned King of England, having ruled since 959 AD.[4] His wife, Ælfthryth, is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.<span class="mw-...
1068
Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England.[6]
1258
Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon sign the Treaty of Corbeil, renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the House of Barcelona from the politics of France.[7]
1713
Great Northern War: After losing the Battle of Helsinki to the Russians, the Swedish and Finnish troops burn the entire city, so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.[8]
1812
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.[9]
1813
William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.[10]
1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.[11]
1880
Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.[12]
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