What happend on 11th July

10.07
12.07
1864

Confederate forces attempt an invasion of Washington, D.C.

1859

A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published.

1848

The Waterloo railway station in London opens.

1811

Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.

1804

Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr kills Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

1798

The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.

1796

The U.S. takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.

1776

Captain James Cook begins third voyage.

1750

Halifax, Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire.

1740

Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.