1. An army of French knights, led by the Count of Artois, is routed by Flemish pikemen.on July 11 1302
2. Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany.on July 11 1346
3. Henry VIII is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.on July 11 1533
4. The French are defeated at Oudenarde, Malplaquet, in the Netherlands by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy.on July 11 1708
5. Morocco agrees to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.on July 11 1786
6. An Anglo-Turkish armada bombards Napoleon Bonaparte‘s troops in Alexandria to no avail.on July 11 1799
7. Alexander Hamilton is mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.on July 11 1804
8. President Abraham Lincoln appoints General Henry Halleck as general in chief of the Federal army.on July 11 1862
9. In the RAF’s longest bombing raid of World War II, 44 British Lancaster bombers attack the Polish port of Danzig.on July 11 1942
10. American forces break the 95-day siege at An Loc in Vietnam.on July 11 1972
11. Archaeologists unearth an army of 8,000 life-size clay figures created more than 2,000 years ago for the Emperor Qin Shi Huangd.on July 11 1975
12. Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.on July 11 1995
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