1492
1492 light sighting
Event
On this day
11 October
386 events in the atlas are dated to 11 October, from 367 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 386 events
- 367 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1776
Battle of Valcour Island
Battle · North America
1873
League of the Three Emperors
Treaty · Europe
1899
Second Boer War
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1899 – 1902
1962
Second Vatican Council
Political · 1962 – 1965
2020
2020 Tajik presidential election
Election · Central Asia
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 2 eventsThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 8 events- 14921492 light sightingEvent
- 11381138 Aleppo earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1427Battle of MaclodioBattle · Europe
- 1170Musin RebellionPolitical · East Asia
- 1463Battle of MounesylBattle · Europe
- 1282Battle of NicoteraBattle · Europe
- 1165Battle of Fahs al-JullabBattle · Europe
- 1447Battle of Bosco MarengoBattle · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 42 events- 1531Second War of KappelWar · Europe
- 1776Battle of Valcour IslandBattle · North America
- 1797Battle of CamperdownBattle · Europe
- 1698Treaty of The HagueTreaty · Europe
- 1746Battle of RocouxBattle · Europe
- 1634Burchardi floodEvent · Europe
- 15341534 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1643Battle of WincebyBattle · Europe
- 1724Battle of Shakar KhedaBattle
- 1709Treaty of CopenhagenTreaty · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 32 events- 1899Second Boer WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1899 – 1902
- 1873League of the Three EmperorsTreaty · Europe
- 1899Boer WarsWar · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1865Morant Bay rebellionProtest · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1805Battle of Haslach-JungingenBattle · Europe
- 1890Founding of Bento GonçalvesFounding · South America
- 1898Wilhelm II of Germany in the LevantEvent · Middle East
- 1895Battle of ChiatungBattle · East Asia
- 18261826 eruption of Dieng Volcanic ComplexNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1833Revolution of the RestorersRebellion · South America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 148 events- 1962Second Vatican CouncilPolitical · 1962 – 1965
- 1942Battle of Cape EsperanceBattle · Oceania
- 1941World War II in Yugoslav MacedoniaWar · 1941 – 1944
- 1986Reykjavík SummitPolitical · Europe
- 1984Aeroflot Flight 3352Accident · Europe
- 1922Armistice of MudanyaTreaty · Middle East
- 1938Battle of WanjialingBattle
- 1976Toxic Substances Control ActEvent · North America
- 1987Operation PawanEvent · South Asia
- 19991999 Air Botswana incidentAccident · Sub-Saharan Africa
The 21st century
since 2001 · 154 events- 2010Typhoon MegiEvent
- 20202020 Tajik presidential electionElection · Central Asia
- 20202020 Ganja missile attacksEvent · Middle East
- 20062006 New York City plane crashAccident · North America
- 20152015 Belarusian presidential electionElection · Europe
- 2002Myyrmanni bombingAttack · Europe
- 2020Tropical Storm LinfaEvent
- 2005death of Kelsey Smith-BriggsCrime · North America
- 2016China Eastern Airlines Flight 5106Accident · East Asia
- 2015Typhoon KoppuEvent
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.