Editing February 11 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Assault on Copenhagen (1659)|The assault on Copenhagen]] by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Henry Wilkins|title=A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YWuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT183|year=1904|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4656-0740-9|pages=183}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; First session of [[United States Senate]] opens to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: On This Day: February 11, 1794 |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/anecdote/days/006week_0211.htm |website=www.senate.gov |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Jesse Fell]] burns [[anthracite]] on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Minerals Yearbook |date=1976 |publisher=Bureau of Mines |page=641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=My8KMnb3KqIC&pg=PA641 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Elbridge Gerry]] is accused of "[[gerrymandering]]" for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Jennifer |title=Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous Gerrymander {{!}} In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymander/ |website=blogs.loc.gov |access-date=23 February 2020 |date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Carnival tragedy of 1823]]: About 110 boys are killed during a [[human crush]] at the [[Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus|Convent of the Minori Osservanti]] in [[Valletta]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flashback: Valletta stampede in 1823 killed 100 children |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20151118/local/Valletta-stampede-in-1823-killed-100-children.592551 |website=Times of Malta |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[University College London]] is founded as [[University of London]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Matthew |title=Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800–1870: Durham, London and King's College |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-76726-0 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYteDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s opera ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' receives its first performance in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Fille du régiment — Productions — Royal Opera House |url=https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-du-regiment-by-laurent-pelly |website=www.roh.org.uk |access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[I Lombardi alla prima crociata]]'' receives its first performance in [[Milan]], Italy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=Roger |title=The New Grove Guide to Verdi and His Operas |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-972781-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetov00roge/page/67 67] |url=https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetov00roge |url-access=registration |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; Kassa Hailu is crowned [[Tewodros II]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethiopia - The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia/|website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; The Kingdom of [[Awadh]] is annexed by the British [[East India Company]] and [[Wajid Ali Shah]], the king of Awadh, is deposed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Premchand |first1=Munshi |title=Premchand's Kazaki and Other Marvellous Tales |date=2014 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-5009-562-1 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMdUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Bernadette Soubirous]]'s first [[Lourdes apparitions|vision]] of the [[Our Lady of Lourdes|Blessed Virgin Mary]] occurs in [[Lourdes]], France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Bernadette of Lourdes {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bernadette-of-Lourdes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with [[slavery]] in any [[U.S. state|state]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Masur |first1=Louis P. |title=Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union |date=2012 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-06753-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lincolnshundredd0000masu/page/343 343] |url=https://archive.org/details/lincolnshundredd0000masu |url-access=registration |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; King [[Amadeo I of Spain]] abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the [[First Spanish Republic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Amadeus {{!}} king of Spain |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amadeus-king-of-Spain |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biografía de Amadeo I de Saboya (1871-1873) - Reyes y Reinas de la España Contemporánea |url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/reyes_y_reinas_espana_contemporanea/amadeo_i_biografia/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |language=es}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; The [[Meiji Constitution]] of Japan is adopted.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boscaro |first1=Adriana |last2=Gatti |first2=Franco |last3=Raveri |first3=Massimo |title=Rethinking Japan Vol 2: Social Sciences, Ideology and Thought |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-88081-1 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHh0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT48 |language=en}}</ref>