About August 11
August 11, 2025 is the 223rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 190 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 11
- 3114 BC –The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
- 2492 BC –Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
- 355 –Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
- 1332 –Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor – Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
- 1675 –Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
- 1804 –Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
- 1812 –Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
- 1898 –Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- 1920 –The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
- 1929 –Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1934 –The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
- 1947 –Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
- 1952 –Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
- 1961 –The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- 1965 –Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
- 1975 –East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
- 1999 –The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
- 2003 –A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.
- 2003 –Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2003 –The highest temperature ever seen in Great Britain (38.1 °C) is recorded at Gravesend, Kent.
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