May 11th Anniversaries

Santo Domingo.- The events of May 11th are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main events of May 11th:

• Mother's Day (Venezuela, Colombia, USA and other countries).
• Grandson's Day, in Argentina.

Saint's Day: Francis of Geronimo and Evelio.

National: May 11th Anniversaries

• 1502: In Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Spain), Admiral Christopher Columbus sets sail to undertake his fourth voyage to America.
• 1549: Doña María de Toledo y Rojas, widow of the second Admiral and viceroy Don Diego Colón, dies in Santo Domingo.
• 1916: U.S. military forces are installed in San Gerónimo, Santo Domingo, demanding surrender from revolutionaries of Desiderio Arias.
• 1932: Mario Fermín Cabral registers the Dominican Party in the Central Electoral Board.
• 1940: The “Intervened Friendship Treaty” with the Republic of China (Taiwan) is signed in Ciudad Trujillo.
• 1946: The writer and philologist Pedro Henríquez Ureña dies in Buenos Aires.
• 1965: Snipers from the 82nd U.S. Division fire from Molinos Dominicanos towards the constitutionalist zone.
• 1965: The National Reconstruction Government of Antonio Imbert receives funds from the U.S. treasury to pay payroll.
• 1975: Officers of the Armed Forces and Police sign total support for Joaquín Balaguer.
• 2005: Former President Hipólito Mejía announces that he will testify in a defamation trial between Hermani Salazar and Vincho Castillo.
• 2009: Fenatrano, Muchoca and Conachof are submitted by Fondet for breach of trust in the Renove Plan.
• 2010: An agreement with Brazil on constitutional control is sent to the Supreme Court of Justice.
• 2020: Haitians gather at the Pedernales border seeking food despite the closure of the binational market.
• 2021: Dominican government agrees with Pfizer to purchase an additional 2 million vaccines.
• 2022: President Abinader announces withdrawal of constitutional reform due to lack of political consensus.

International: May 11th Anniversaries

• 1745: In the War of the Austrian Succession, France defeats the Anglo-Dutch army at the Battle of Fontenoy.
• 1797: Several British ships raise a red flag, influenced by the French Revolution.
• 1812: John Bellingham assassinates British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
• 1814: Ferdinand VII annuls the Constitution of Cadiz and legislation of the Cortes.
• 1814: Arthur Wellesley is named Duke of Wellington for his campaign against Napoleon.
• 1820: HMS Beagle is launched, which will later carry Darwin on his scientific voyage.
• 1858: Minnesota becomes the 32nd state of the USA.
• 1916: Albert Einstein publishes the conclusions of his General Theory of Relativity.
• 1949: Siam officially adopts the name Thailand.
• 1960: Adolf Eichmann is captured in Buenos Aires by an Israeli commando.
• 1984: Chileans protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
• 1995: 170 countries indefinitely extend the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
• 2001: 11 wikis are created, including Spanish Wikipedia.
• 2010: Archbishop of Dublin denounces cover-up of abuse in the Irish Church.
• 2012: In court, a shoe is thrown at Anders Behring Breivik, author of attacks in Norway.
• 2012: "Indignados" announce new protests in Spain.
• 2014: Venezuelan courts order the arrest of 11 young people in opposition camps.
• 2019: Juan Guaidó reveals contacts with US military personnel to pressure Maduro's departure.
• 2020: CDC warns that COVID-19 caused 24,000 more deaths than reported in New York.
• 2021: Teenager kills nine people in a school in Kazan, Russia.
• 2021: Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank.

Births: May 11th Anniversaries

• 1852: Charles Warren Fairbanks, American politician, vice president between 1905 and 1909.
• 1894: Martha Graham, American dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer.
• 1918: Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.
• 1953: Gordana Silianovska-Davkova, Macedonian lawyer and professor, President of North Macedonia since 2024.
• 1965: Stefano Domenicali, CEO of Lamborghini and Formula 1.
• 1984: Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer.
• 1989: Prince Royce, American singer.
• 1999: Sabrina Carpenter, American actress and singer.

Deaths: May 11th Anniversaries

• 1549: María de Toledo y Rojas, widow of Colón, dies in Santo Domingo.
• 1916: Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.
• 1946: Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Dominican intellectual, philosopher, critic, and writer.
• 1981: Odd Hassel, Norwegian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1969.
• 2021: Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist. She is killed during an Israeli raid.