July 11

Today in History
• 1156 - Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan
• 1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1525 - Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague
• 1576 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland
• 1656 - The first Quakers to land in America (Boston)
• 1740 - Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne
• 1798 - US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress
• 1812 - U.S. invades Canada (Detroit frontier)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bowdler's Day Special Interest
• Celebration of the Golden Spurs
• Day of the Flemish Community
• Ker Puja
• Naadam Holiday
• National Blueberry Muffin Day
• World Population Day
• Behdienkhlam in Meghalaya

Birthdays
• 1274 - Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, 1306-29
• 1366 - Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of Richard II
• 1657 - Frederick I, King of Prussia (1701-13)
• 1662 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and governor of the Spanish Netherlands
• 1767 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States, Democrat, 1825 - 1829
• 1811 - William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell
• 1832 - Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician (Prime Minister of Greece for 7 times)
• 1838 - John Wanamaker, American merchant (Wanamakers Department Store)