This day in History - January 11

408 Historic Events for January 11
314 Event St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
532 Event Nika-revolt against Justianus and Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
705 Death John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies
1055 Death Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies
1158 Event Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
1403 Birth Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1449 Birth Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter
1503 Birth Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)
1552 Death Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
1558 Event Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
1569 Event 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
1571 Event Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
1599 Event Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat
1641 Death Franciscus Gomarus, [Fran‡ois Gomaer], French theologist, dies
1642 Event Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
1650 Death Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49
1674 Death Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58
1693 Event Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
1703 Birth Columban Praelisauer, composer
1709 Event Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London
1720 Birth Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent
1727 Birth Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer
1732 Birth Pehr Forsk†hl, Finish botanist
1746 Birth William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1746 Birth Frantisek Adam Mica, composer