What happened on February 11

58 documented historical events happened on February 11, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Spanish explorer Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded the town of Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived colonies at the Strait of Magellan. On the same day, in another year: Around 110 boys were killed in a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti (corridor pictured) in Valletta on the last day of the Maltese Carnival. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on February 11, including Melville Fuller, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

100 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 11, including 50s, Gordian III, Heraclius. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

16 observances are celebrated on February 11 around the world: Christian feast day: Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics, Christian feast day: Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, c. 680 CE (Anglicanism), Christian feast day: Gobnait, Christian feast day: Gregory II, Christian feast day: Lazarus of Milan, Christian feast day: Peter of Jesus Maldonado. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.