Byzantine Emperor Romanos III Argyros, died on April 11, 1034. It is believed that his death was orchestrated by his wife, Empress Zoe, and her lover, Michael the Paphlagonian ,who married on the same day Romanos died, with Michael being crowned as Michael IV the following day.
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On This Day in History: April 11
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English King Henry VI was deposed for the second time on April 11, 1471 by Edward IV. Henry was imprisoned in the Tower of London and died on May 21, 1471. Edward IV died on April 9, 1483.
William III and Mary II are crowned on April 11, 1689, as joint sovereigns of England, Scotland, and Ireland, at Westminster Abbey.
The major treaties of Utrecht, were signed on April 11, 1713, ending the War of the Spanish Succession, settling dynastic issues and reshaping European and colonial territories. The Peace conference at Utrecht, Netherlands, known as the "Congress of Utrecht", officially began on January 29, 1712. Secret peace talks between Great Britain and France in 1711 paved the way for the formal conference.
The Treaty of Utrecht refers to a series of peace treaties signed in Utrecht, Netherlands, between 1713 and 1715, that concluded the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) by settling the Spanish throne with Philip V, grandson of France's Louis XIV, renouncing his claim to the French throne, preventing a Bourbon superstate and establishing European balance of power. The treaties also granted Britain key territories like Gibraltar, Minorca and Nova Scotia plus the lucrative Asiento (slave trade monopoly) marking Britain rise as a world power The conflict officially ended with later treaties in 1714 and 1715.
French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand makes a surprising offer, on April 11, 1803, to Robert Livingston, the U.S. minister in France, to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States. Livingston was trying to make a deal to purchase New Orleans, the gateway to the Mississippi River.
The unexpected offer came at a time when Napoleon Bonaparte desperately needed funds to finance his ongoing wars in Europe particularly with England and plans for a French New World empire were failing.The transaction with France to purchase 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million was signed on April 30, 1803. As a result, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward. More
The UK and Russia sign the Treaty of London, on April 11, 1805, forming an alliance against Napoleon.
Napoleon abdicates following the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau, on April 11, 1814, between Napoleon and representatives of Austria, Russia and Prussia. The agreement ended Napoleon's rule as emperor of the French and sent him into exile to the island of Elba, now an Italian island. More
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President Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur on April 11, 1951, officially removing MacArthur of his command. This decision came after a series of public disagreements between the two men regarding the Korean War and MacArthur's insubordination in challenging Truman's authority. More
NASA launches Apollo 13 on April 11, 1970, the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third scheduled moon landing. Two days later, at almost 56 hours into the mission in April 13, the Apollo 13 oxygen tank 2, exploded, damaging the oxygen tank 1, the interior of the service module and blowing off the bay no. 4 cover.
With the oxygen stores depleted, the command module was unusable, the mission had to be aborted, and the crew transferred to the lunar module and powered down the command module and the mission objective changed to getting the Crew safely home.
After a lot of hard work and improvisation, the Apollo 13 spacecraft with Astronauts. Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise returned safely to earth Earth on April 17, 1970, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean . More
Note: The original Command Module pilot for this mission was Thomas "Ken" Mattingly Jr., but due to exposure to German measles he was replaced by his backup, Command Module pilot, John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr.