Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 11
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This is a list of selected May 11 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.May 11: Pentecost in Western Christianity (2008); Mother's Day in several countries (2008)
- 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated the Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian "Pragmatic Army" at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands in present day Belgium.
- 1792 – Merchant sea-captain Robert Gray (pictured) first entered the Columbia River, the largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America.
- 1812 – British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons.
- 1867 – The major powers in Europe signed the Second Treaty of London to solve the Luxembourg Crisis between France and Prussia over the political status of Luxembourg.
- 1918 – The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was established, with Tapa Tchermoeff as the first prime minister.
- 1949 – Siam was officially renamed Thailand, a name unofficially in use since it was first coined by Prime Minister and dictator Plaek Pibulsonggram in 1939.
