This Day in History
Today: February 11, 2026
-660
Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.[1]
55
The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.[2]
951
Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.[3]
1144
Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.[4]
1534
At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".[5]
1584
A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.[6]
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