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By Day: Historical Events on April 11th

Explore key moments from this day in history, organized by year. Dates for earlier events may be approximate.

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1156 CE, April 11

Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland at the age of 12 after the death of his grandfather David I.

1443 CE, April 11

The Battle of Střešovice takes place during the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. More

1515 CE, April 11

Francis I of France achieves a victory over the Swiss at the Battle of Marignano.

1689 CE, April 11

William III and Mary II are crowned joint sovereigns of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

1704 CE, April 11

The Battle of Culloden takes place in Scotland during the Jacobite rising, resulting in a victory for the government forces.

1713 CE, April 11

War of the Spanish Succession ends with the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht.

1783 CE, April 11

Hostilities cease, and the American Revolutionary War essentially ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris between Britain and the United States.

1803 CE, April 11

French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand makes a surprising offer to Robert Livingston, the U.S. minister in France, to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States. Livingston was trying to make a deal to purchase New Orleans, the gateway to the Mississippi River. The unexpected offer came at a time when Napoleon Bonaparte desperately needed funds to finance his ongoing wars in Europe particularly with England and plans for a French New World empire were failing.The transaction with France to purchase 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million was signed on April 30, 1803. As a result, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward. More

1814 CE, April 11

Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau between Napoleon and representatives of Austria, Russia and Prussia. The agreement ended Napoleon's rule as emperor of the French and sent him into exile to the island of Elba, now an Italian island. More

1951 CE, April 11

U.S. president Harry S. Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements that contradicted the administration's policies. In relieving MacArthur for failing to "respect the authority of the President" by privately communicating with Congress, Truman upheld the president's role as preeminent and emphasized the U.S. policy of civilian control of the military.

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