On July 11, 1203, during the Fourth Crusade, the Siege of Constantinople began.

On July 11, 1302, the Battle of the Golden Spurs took place.. The Flemish militia, mainly composed of artisans, defeated the French army. The French royal army (feudal militia, reinforced by Lombard crossbowmen and Spanish dart throwers), led by a relative of the king, Captain General Count d'Artois, met with the people's militia of Flanders.

Count d'Artois led 7.5 thousand horsemen and 3-5 thousand foot mercenaries into battle. The city militia consisted of 13-20 thousand fighters, but it included only 10 knights, the rest were infantrymen.

The Flemings emerged victorious and collected 700 pairs of golden spurs from the corpses of the knights, so the Battle of Courtrai went down in history as the Battle of the Golden Spurs.

On this day in 1533, Pope Clement VII finally declared that the marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon was still valid and excommunicated the king. By this time, the king had already divorced his first wife and married Anne Boleyn, and ties between the Anglican Church and the Vatican were severed.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo died on July 11, 1593., Italian artist, painter, decorator, representative of mannerism.

On this day in 1700, the German Academy of Sciences was founded in Berlin.

On July 11, 1776, Captain Cook sailed from Plymouth on the Resolution, accompanied by the Discovery, on his last expedition.

On July 11, 1792, the French Legislative Assembly put forward the slogan “The Fatherland is in danger!”. By decree of the assembly, all men were called up for military service.

On July 11, 1878, Alexander Nikolaevich Lodygin received privilege No. 1619 for an incandescent lamp and the Lomonosov Prize from the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Lodygin patented his invention in many countries: Austria-Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Saxony, and even India and Australia. He founded the company “Russian Electric Lighting Partnership Lodygin and Co.”

On this day in 1890, the first political elections in Japanese history took place.. Of the 300 members of the House of Representatives, 171 members were elected from opposition parties.

On July 11, 1893, artificial pearls were produced for the first time.. On this day, Japanese entrepreneur Kokichi Mikimoto took out a basket with the first specimens of artificial pearls from the sea waters. Five years earlier, on the advice of one of the professors at the University of Tokyo, he lowered it into the sea, having previously filled it with bamboo cages with young mollusks, between the shells of which he introduced grains of sand. This technology was quickly introduced into production, and already from the beginning of the 20th century, albeit of lower quality, but cheaper artificial pearls began to displace natural pearls from the market.

On July 11, 1897, the first attempt was made to explore the Arctic using a balloon.. Solomon August Andre and two comrades took to the skies from the island of Spitsbergen. Their balloon has a volume of 4531 cc. m. was equipped with a sail, which was attached to a complex system of cables. It was planned to use it to control the aircraft.

On July 14, Andre decided to terminate the flight. The ball landed on the ice 800 km from the goal of the expedition - the North Pole. On July 22, the travelers set off on foot towards Cape Flora (Franz Josef Land), where the expedition's food warehouse was located. The path through the drifting ice was extremely difficult. The researchers carried out meteorological observations and wrote down descriptions of the animals they encountered in diaries. At the end of September, the expedition members reached the southern coast of Bely Island, set up a tent on it and began building a house.

33 years later, on August 6, 1930, the last camp of Solomon Andre's expedition was discovered by the crew of the Norwegian ship Bratvog. Documents found at the site of the death of the expedition suggest that Andre, Frenkel and Strindberg died in October 1897.

On July 11, 1903, at the initiative of the Royal Yacht Club of the Irish city of Cork, the first races of steam-powered ships took place.

On July 11, 1918, the Council of People's Commissars of Russia approved the first Soviet budget for the six months. Due to time constraints, it was decided to change the start of the budget period. Wanting to bring the budget year closer to the agricultural year, it was decided to draw up only a six-month budget. The most important feature of this first budget of Soviet Russia was an attempt to return to budgetary unity, lost since the beginning of the war. Income was determined at 2,852,726,548 rubles, and expenses - at 17,602,727,444 rubles.

On this day in 1918, the Lithuanian Tariba proclaimed the creation of the Kingdom of Lithuania, and invited the German Prince Wilhelm von Urach to the royal throne. It was decided to invite Wilhelm von Urach to the Lithuanian throne (one of the selection criteria was that the king must be a Catholic). Wilhelm accepted the offer; he was to move with his family to Vilna and begin learning the Lithuanian language. Since he became the second king of this state, he had to ascend the throne under the name of Mindaugas the Second. But the occupation authorities of Germany, whose troops were then occupying the country, were dissatisfied with the fact that it was not a representative of the Hohenzollern dynasty who became king. After much debate in Tarib, on November 2, 1918, the decision on a monarchical system was withdrawn. Wilhelm was never crowned King of Lithuania, formally having been so for about a hundred days. It’s interesting that he never visited Lithuania even once in his life.

On July 11, 1921, after the victories of the Mongolian People's Army with the help of the Red Army over the occupying Chinese troops and detachments of the White Guards, people's power was established in Mongolia.

On July 11, 1941, the defense of Kyiv from fascist troops began. It lasted from July 11 to September 19, 1941 - 71 days.

On July 11, 1941, German troops of Army Group South, having broken through the defenses of the Soviet troops of the Southwestern Front, came close to Kyiv, stopping on the Irpen River. However, it was not possible to capture the city with lightning speed, and the German command decided to begin encircling it. To do this, units of Army Group Center were added to Army Group South, and by the end of August 1941, the Soviet troops were practically defeated.

In September, due to Stalin’s decision to hold Kyiv at any cost, four Soviet armies and the command of the Southwestern Front, totaling more than half a million people, were surrounded. The city was abandoned on the night of September 19, but due to the lack of a unified command, only about 20 thousand people were able to be removed from the encirclement. The defeat was a heavy blow for the Soviet Union, which lost more than 700 thousand people in battles in this direction, as well as the entire Left Bank Ukraine. However, the heroic defense of Kyiv delayed the advance of German troops in the direction of Moscow for two months, which made it possible to prepare for the defense of the capital.

On this day in 1942, in the Old Believer village of Tukhovezhi, Leningrad Region, General Vlasov, a rather odious figure of the Second World War, was captured by Wehrmacht soldiers. According to his assurances, he made the transition to the Nazis consciously. The military leader claimed that he wanted to fight for the Russian people against Stalinism and Bolshevism. This captivity still gives rise to a lot of controversy. According to one version, Vlasov himself surrendered to the Nazis, according to another, he was captured and even beaten. In any case, it became a valuable trophy for the Nazis.

Photographs of Vlasov were preserved when he was captured, where he looks confused. After his capture, he was sent to the Vinnitsa camp for prisoners of war of senior officers. He swore allegiance to Hitler a year later. Having agreed to cooperate with the Nazis, Vlasov headed the “Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia” (KONR) and the “Russian Liberation Army” (ROA), composed of captured Soviet military personnel and collaborators.

On May 12, 1945, Vlasov was captured by soldiers of the 25th Tank Corps of the 1st Belorussian Front in Czechoslovakia while trying to escape to the western zone of occupation. In 1946, a trial took place in Moscow, at which Vlasov was found guilty of treason and hanged.

On July 11, 1960, France agreed to grant independence in August of this year, Dahomey (modern Benin), Niger, Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso), Ivory Coast, Chad, Central Africa (modern Central African Republic) and Congo.

Maurice Thorez died on July 11, 1964. leader of the French and international labor and communist movement.

On this day in 1971, the first production of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar took place in Pittsburgh.. The plot of the rock opera is based on the gospel stories and covers the period from Jesus' entry into Jerusalem to his execution on Golgotha. This caused a negative reaction from many religious leaders. “Such authors are not capable of creating anything that would magnify the Lord,” writes Rev. E. L. Bynum. They cannot be saved because they remain deaf to the voice of God. A Christian should stay away from their anti-Christian work."

July 11, 1975masses were discovered in Northwestern China e burial of 6 thousand warrior statues. It happened like this: a peasant decided to dig a well on his plot. He didn’t find water, but he discovered something else: at a depth of five meters, the farmer came across a life-size statue of an ancient warrior. The army was supposed to guard the emperor in the afterlife, so the warriors were lined up in the underground corridors in battle formation. The army consists of 8,000 life-size sculptures of warriors and horses, with each figure having its own unique features.

More than 700 thousand workers worked to create a memorial complex with an area of ​​50 square kilometers. Excavations have been going on for more than 30 years, some of them have already been turned into a museum. The burial complex of Qin Shi Huang and his terracotta army is called the eighth wonder of the world.

On July 11, 1979, the American orbital station Skylab was deorbited and destroyed in the dense layers of the atmosphere.

On July 11, 1984, director Yuri Lyubimov was deprived of Soviet citizenship for activities hostile to the USSR.

On July 11, 1984, the United States announced that seat belts would be mandatory in all cars by 1989.

On July 11, 1991, Hitoshi Igarashi, translator of The Satanic Verses, was killed in Japan., written by Indian-born British citizen Salman Rushdie, into Japanese.

On July 11, 1995, during the Bosnian War, Serbian troops took Srebrenica, followed by the massacre of unarmed Muslims.

The number of people killed as a result of the “purges” ranges from 500 to 1000 people. But nevertheless, half as many people were killed compared to the number of Serb civilians killed before the events of July 1995.

On this day in 2010, the Spanish national football team won the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history, defeating the Netherlands in the final.

Today, June 11, the world celebrates 2 official holidays - in the UN countries a holiday is celebrated - World Population Day, and in Russia, lighting designers or lighting operators celebrate their Day.

World Population Day

In the 60s of the 20th century, people noticed a rapid increase in the world population, which became a matter of serious concern for all countries that are members of the United Nations.
According to the UN, on July 11, 1987, the world's population was about 5 billion people. The day was conventionally called the Day of Five Billion. In 1989, the UN established an international holiday - World Population Day, which began to be celebrated annually on July 11. From 1960 to 1999, the world's population more than doubled, reaching 6 billion in October 1999.
Between 1969 and 1999, the population growth rate declined from 2 percent to 1.3 percent, but absolute growth now stands at almost 77 million per year, and developing countries account for 95 percent of this growth.

Light Artist Day

On July 11, Russia celebrates the professional holiday of a lighting artist or light operator - professionals of the highest class in creating lighting design for holidays and various special events, who come to our home with various holiday accessories, fireworks, music and songs. Professional artists or designers fill our holidays with light, thanks to which a unique atmosphere of comfort is created.
Day of the Lighting Artist (lighting operator) is still an unofficial professional holiday established in honor of the historical event that occurred on July 11, 1874, when Alexander Lodygin (1847-1923), a Russian electrical engineer, received a patent for the invention of an incandescent lamp, recognized in many countries of Western Europe. , India and Australia.

Unusual holidays

On this day, July 11, the whole world can celebrate a very unusual and very “delicious” holiday - World Chocolate Day.

World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day was invented and first celebrated by the French in 1995. And according to folk legends, the Aztecs were the first to make chocolate. They called it "food of the gods." The Spanish conquistadors brought this delicacy to Europe and dubbed it “black gold.” The product was used to strengthen endurance and physical strength. Later, chocolate began to be consumed in Europe only in aristocratic circles.
Prominent women of the world considered chocolate an aphrodisiac (a substance that stimulates or enhances sexual desire). It is known that Mother Teresa had a passion for chocolate; Pompadour believed that only chocolate could ignite the fire of passion.
The industrial production of chocolate at the beginning of the 20th century made it possible for not only the aristocracy, but also ordinary people to enjoy this delicacy.

Church holiday according to the folk calendar

Nettle spell

Peter's Day is celebrated on July 12, and on the eve of this holiday, young people had fun for a long time and did not go to bed until almost the morning. The boys and girls played, sang songs and danced in circles. It was believed that whoever on this day finds a flower - “Peter’s cross” and uproots it, will receive unprecedented luck in the near future. People believed that this root would relieve any misfortune and could lead to treasure.
The day of July 11 was called the Nettle Feast, because after this day, stinging nettle loses its healing properties. Therefore, the peasant women tried to have time to cook the last cabbage soup of the year from nettle leaves.
In ancient times, nettle was highly valued and considered very useful; soups, salads, fillings for pies were prepared from it, it was salted and fermented, and infusions and decoctions were made from the young leaves, which had restorative properties and could stop internal bleeding.
Girls used nettle decoction for cosmetic purposes - it was believed that it strengthened and prevented hair loss.
Fiber was also obtained from nettles, which, after processing, was used to sew bags and strong sails, and sometimes clothes. The girl from Andersen's famous fairy tale sewed nettle shirts for her brothers.
Nettles in Rus' were attributed mystical properties. It was considered a talisman against the evil eye. For this purpose, nettle seeds were burned on coals and smoke was released throughout the house. Nettles were also hung on windows and doors to protect against evil spirits.
On the eve of Peter's day, leaves began to fall from the trees. People said they were starting to wait for autumn. Gardeners in some areas began to dig their first potatoes.
The people had such a sign on this day - it was believed that if the cuckoo stopped calling on this day, then winter would come early.
Name day July 11 from Vasily, Herman, Gregory, Ivan, Joseph, Xenophon, Paul, Sergei

July 11th in history

1985 - Playboy magazine published nude photographs of pop star Madonna.
1985 - The Kuzbass miners' strike began.
1987 - Matej Gašpar, the 5 billionth inhabitant of the Earth, was born in Zagreb (Yugoslavia).
1990 - Mintimer Shaimiev was elected President of Tatarstan.
1990 - All-Union political strike of miners.
1995 - The United States and Vietnam restored full diplomatic relations.
1997 - A customs agreement was signed between Chechnya and Russia.
1999 - Michael Schumacher crashed during the race.
2003 - From this day on, in France, instead of the generally accepted Anglicism e-mail, meaning electronic mail, the Canadian word courriel will be used. This decision was made by a state commission as part of the struggle for the purity of the language.
2008 - iPhone 3G went on sale in 22 countries.
2010 - The Spanish national football team won the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history, defeating the Netherlands in the final.

The history of chocolate begins in Mexico. In 1502, when Christopher Columbus landed on American soil, the Indians presented him with a whole bowl of chocolate as a sign of hospitality, but he refused this drink. In 1519, Cortes entered the Mexican coast. The new “guests” found the drink too bitter and decided to soften it by adding cane sugar. The new drink was enjoyed at the court of the Spanish king. In 1615, thanks to Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII, chocolate made its debut at the French court.
For a long time, chocolate was consumed only in liquid form. The usual tiled form appeared only in the middle of the 19th century. In 1828, the Dutchman Conrad van Houten patented a hydraulic press with which oil could be extracted from cocoa beans. And in 1874, the English company Fry and Sons learned how to mix this butter with cocoa powder and sugar. Soon there was a huge demand for new chocolate - in the form of bars. Then, thanks to the innovation of Daniel Peter, milk began to be added to chocolate.
Chocolate is a confectionery product made from cocoa products and sugar. To produce it, mashed and crushed nut kernels, dry milk, dry cream, dry fruits and other additives can also be used. Chocolate is a high-calorie product with a long shelf life; it has a high nutritional value, special taste and aroma. Cocoa products include cocoa mass and cocoa butter. They are made from cocoa beans. Cocoa beans are part of the fruits that ripen on the cocoa tree, which grows in the tropical zone of the globe.

World Population Day.

World Population Day - in 1989, the “Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)” recommended celebrating this day on July 11, since on July 11, 1987, the world population exceeded 5 billion people.
The purpose of this Day is to draw attention to population issues, general development programs, and the search for solutions to common problems.

Events of July 11.

1195 - Battle of Alarcos took place.
1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs. The Flemish militia, mainly composed of artisans, defeated the French army.
1533 - Pope Clement VII finally declared that the marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon was still valid and excommunicated the king. By this time, the king had already divorced his first wife and married Anne Boleyn, and ties between the Anglican Church and the Vatican were severed.
1576 - the English expedition of Martin Frobisher discovered Greenland.
1700 - The German Academy of Sciences is founded in Berlin.
1733 - the solemn consecration of the Peter and Paul Cathedral, built according to the design of the architect Domenico Trezzini, took place in St. Petersburg.
1776 - Captain James Cook sailed from Plymouth on the Resolution, accompanied by the Discovery, on his last expedition.
1783 - The French Academy stopped work on developing the steamship as unpromising.
1792 - The French Legislative Assembly put forward the slogan “The Fatherland is in danger!” By decree of the assembly, all men were called up for military service.
1810 - Sheremetevskaya Hospital was built by Count Nikolai Sheremetyev (since 1929 - Moscow Research Institute of Emergency Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky).
1859 - consecration of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
1874 - Alexander Nikolaevich Lodygin received privilege No. 1619 for an incandescent lamp. His invention was patented in several European countries, the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences awarded him the Lomonosov Prize this year, and at the end of the year the Electric Lighting Partnership of A. N. Lodygin and Co. was created.
1890 - The first political elections in Japanese history took place.
1893 - Kokichi Mikimoto received cultured pearls for the first time.
1897 - the first attempt was made to explore the Arctic using a balloon. Solomon August Andre and two comrades took to the skies from the Danish island of Spitsbergen. Their balloon with a volume of 4531 m3 was equipped with a sail, which was attached to a complex system of cables. It was planned to use it to control the aircraft. Nothing was known about the fate of the explorers until August 6, 1930, when their bodies were discovered on the White Island (Franz Josef Land).
1903 - on the initiative of the Royal Yacht Club of the Irish city of Cork, the first races of ships with a steam engine took place.
1905 - The International Sports Skittles Association was created.
1907 - the first airplane with a cantilever wing made its first flight - the Louis Blériot type VI Libellul aircraft, equipped with end ailerons.
1918 - the Council of People's Commissars of Russia approved the first Soviet budget for six months; on the same day, the Lithuanian Tariba proclaimed the creation of the Kingdom of Lithuania, and invited the German prince Wilhelm von Urach to the royal throne.
1919 - An 8-hour working day was introduced in Holland.
1920 - in a referendum in East and West Prussia, the majority of the population voted to retain these regions as part of Germany.
1921 - after the victories of the Mongolian People's Army with the help of the Red Army over the occupying Chinese troops and detachments of the White Guards, people's power was established in Mongolia.
1925 - The Ukrainian National Democratic Association (UNDO) was founded in Lviv.
1930 - The Novosibirsk Theater for Young Spectators was opened.
1933 - The international drug control convention was adopted in Geneva.
1940 - Romania is expelled from the League of Nations for collaborating with the Nazis.
1941 - the heroic defense of Kyiv began, July 11 - September 19, 1941 - 71 days.
1942 - in the Old Believer village of Tukhovezhi, Leningrad Region, General Vlasov was captured by Wehrmacht soldiers.
1946 - the Saratov-Moscow gas pipeline was put into operation.
1959 - During the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez's performance was first recorded.
1960 - The victory of socialism is declared in Czechoslovakia, the country is renamed the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
- France agreed to grant independence in August of this year to Dahomey (modern Benin), Niger, Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso), Ivory Coast, Chad, Central Africa (modern Central African Republic) and Congo.
1971 - The first production of the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” was staged in Pittsburgh.
1975 - A mass burial of 6 thousand ancient warrior statues was discovered in Northwestern China.
1984 - Director Yuri Lyubimov is deprived of Soviet citizenship for activities hostile to the USSR.
- In the USA it was announced that by 1989 all cars must have seat belts.
1985 - Playboy magazine published nude photographs of pop star Madonna.
1989 - the beginning of the miners' strike in Kuzbass.
1991 - Hitoshi Igarashi, the translator of the novel The Satanic Verses, written by Indian-born British citizen Salman Rushdie into Japanese, is killed in Japan.
1995 - The US and Vietnam restored full diplomatic relations.
1998 - The opening of the World Youth Games took place in Moscow.
1999 - British Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher withdraws from the race for the championship after suffering a broken right leg in an accident.
2001 - the leading instant photography company - the American concern Polaroid declared bankruptcy. The fact is that the management of the company, founded in 1937, was unable to respond in time to the emergence of digital cameras on the world market, which make it possible to obtain snapshots of much higher quality. In 2001, the concern's debt was $1 billion.
2003 - from now on in France, instead of the generally accepted Anglicism e-mail, meaning electronic mail, the Canadian word courriel will be used. This decision was made by a state commission as part of the struggle for the purity of the language.
2006 - Microsoft stopped providing technical support for the Windows 98 and Windows ME operating systems.
2010 - The Spanish national football team won the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history, defeating the Netherlands in the final.

On this page you will learn about the significant and memorable dates of the summer day July 11, what famous people were born on this July day, what events took place, we will also talk about folk signs and Orthodox holidays of this day, public holidays of different countries from all over the world.

Today, as on any day, as you will see, events have taken place over the centuries, each of them was remembered for something, and July 11 was no exception, which was also remembered for its own dates and birthdays of famous people, as well as holidays and folk signs. You and I should always remember and know about those who left their indelible mark on culture, science, sports, politics, medicine and all other areas of human and social development.

The day of the eleventh of July has left its indelible mark on history; events and memorable dates, like those who were born on this summer day, once again confirm this. Find out what happened on the eleventh day of July, July 11, what events and significant dates it was marked and remembered for, who was born, what folk signs characterize it and much more that you should know about, it’s just interesting to know.

Who was born on July 11 (eleventh)

Giorgio Armani (Italian: Giorgio Armani; born July 11, 1934 in Piacenza, Italy) is an Italian fashion designer, founder of the Armani fashion empire.

Elena Antonovna Kamburova. Born on July 11, 1940 in Stalinsk (now Novokuznetsk). Soviet and Russian singer and actress. People's Artist of Russia (1995).

Debb Dunning (07/11/1966 [Burbank]) - American actress;

Irina Koreneva (07/11/1966) - Russian actress;

Olga Kochetkova (07/11/1960 [Leningrad] - 03/04/2004 [Moscow]) - Russian actress, poet, singer;

Tatyana Antsiferova (07/11/1954 [Sterlitamak]) - pop singer;

Nikolai Patrushev (07/11/1951 [Leningrad]) - director of the FSB;

Yul Brynner (07/11/1920 [Vladivostok] - 10/10/1985 [New York]) - American theater and film actor;

Sally Blaine (07/11/1910 [Salida] - 08/27/1997) - American actress;

Irene Hervey (07/11/1909 [Venice] - 12/20/1998 [Los Angeles]) - American film and television actress;

Nikolai Kuznetsov (07/11/1904 [Medvedki village] - 12/06/1974 [Moscow]) - Soviet naval leader, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union;

Rudolf Abel (07/11/1903 [Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne] - 11/15/1971 [Moscow]) - famous Soviet intelligence officer;

Thomas Mitchell (07/11/1892 [Elizabeth] - 12/17/1962 [Beverly Hills]) - American actor, playwright and screenwriter;

Irena of Hesse-Darmstadt (07/11/1866 [Darmstadt] - 11/11/1953 [Hemmelmark]) - daughter of Ludwig IV, sister of the Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna;

Harry Kellar (07/11/1849 [Erie] - 03/03/1922) - famous American illusionist;

Pyotr Tkachev (07/11/1844 [s. Sivtsovo] - 01/04/1886 [Paris]) - Russian literary critic and publicist, brother of Alexandra Annenskaya. Ideologist of the Jacobin trend in populism;

John Quincy Adams (07/11/1767 [Braintree] - 02/28/1848 [Washington]) - 6th President of the United States;

Olympia Mancini (07/11/1637 [Rome] - 10/09/1708 [Brussels]) - Countess de Soissons, niece of Cardinal Mazarin;

Robert I Bruce (07/11/1274 - 06/07/1329 [Cardross]) - Scottish king from 1309 to 1329, who freed his country from the English yoke.

Dates July 11

This day is celebrated as World Population Day and World Chocolate Day.

Belgium celebrates Flemish Community Day

In Ireland - Eleventh Night

China celebrates Maritime Day

According to the folk calendar, this is the Nettle Spell.

On this day:

Princess Olga, the first saint in Rus', died in 969

Robert the Bruce, the legendary King of Scotland, was born in 1274

the German Academy of Sciences was founded in 1700

in 1831, Vasily Golovnin, the great navigator who circumnavigated the world, died

in 1893, artificial pearls were produced for the first time

Yul Brynner was born in 1920, making baldness iconic for tough guys

Giorgio Armani was born in 1934

George Gershwin, who became a classic after Porgy and Bess, died in 1937.

in 1964, Maurice Thorez, a French communist, whose name people loved to name streets in the Soviet Union, died

in 1989, miners' strikes began in Kuzbass, which led to the banging of helmets near the White House

in 1989, Laurence Olivier, the memorable Spartacus, and the less memorable Hamlet, died

in 2008, Anatoly Pristavkin died, telling where the golden cloud actually spent the night

in 2009, Pavel Smeyan died, who knew that the weather was completely bad for six months

In 2010, the Spanish national team defeated Holland with a score of 1:0 for the first time and became the world football champion.

Events of July 11

The order to create an Academy of Sciences in Berlin was signed by the Prussian Elector Frederick the First. The outstanding mathematician and philosopher Leibniz was one of its active organizers. He also became the first president of the German Academy of Sciences.

The German authorities refused to sponsor the activities of the community, however, they gave it in return a monopoly right to publish calendars in Brandenburg.

When Frederick assumed the throne of Prussia in 1701, the organization was renamed the Royal Scientific Society, and scientists were provided with an observatory and the latest equipment for research.

With the accession of Frederick the Second to the throne, the society was renamed the Royal Academy of Sciences. In addition, the financing of its activities has been significantly improved. Its boundaries were also expanded: new laboratories appeared, and construction of a large botanical garden began. Many world scientists considered it an honor to be invited to participate in the life of the Academy.

Soon this scientific society became one of the most authoritative institutions in the country. After World War II it received a new name - the German Academy of Sciences, and with the reunification of Germany it became known as the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.

The initiators of the creation of such sports competitions were the Moscow Sports Association (MGFSO) and the Moscow authorities with the support of the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee).

On April 15, 1997, an agreement on organizing the youth games was signed between the representative of the International Olympic Committee, Mayor Luzhkov and the president of the ROC.

Their grand opening took place on the date we indicated in 1998. Children from 130 countries took part in the first competitions. Competitions were held in fourteen sports, and more than 500 medals were awarded.

For the Games in Moscow, the best sports grounds in the capital were provided: Luzhniki Stadium and all its facilities, Chertanovo, Sokolniki and Dynamo palaces, Olimpiysky sports complexes, CSKA gaming halls, etc. Young Russian athletes performed very successfully at the competition, winning about 130 prize medals, 64 of which were gold.

Signs July 11 - Nettle Spell, Peter's Eve

In Rus', it was believed that nettle has magical properties and is capable of giving a person strength and vigor. Therefore, they tried to prepare it for future use and collected nettles just on the day of July 11, because they believed that after this day it would lose its healing properties. By the way, people believed that canvas that could be woven from nettles would help overcome lower back pain.

Not only medicines were prepared from nettles, but also delicious dishes for every day (not only on July 11). It was customary to add it to salads, soups and even make filling for pies. As for treatment, nettle was used to prepare infusions and decoctions, many of which helped with internal bleeding and ailments.

Young girls used nettle infusion to strengthen their hair. The Slavs also used nettles to produce fabric, which in terms of quality could easily compete with materials such as cotton and linen. Therefore, we can say that the tale of “Wild Swans” by H.K. Andersen, in which Eliza wove shirts from nettles, is based almost on real events.

Nettle was considered the main helper against the evil eye. To get rid of the negative energy of ill-wishers, it was necessary, according to signs, to burn nettle seeds on coals and blow the resulting smoke throughout the house. Also on July 11, they could hang nettles on windows and doors.

On July 11, people sang songs, performed round dances, danced, and took part in various games and amusements. They said that there was a special plant called “Peter’s Cross”. If you find it blooming on July 11, then you should uproot it, and then the person, according to signs, will receive good luck for the whole next year. The root of this plant will not only help get rid of misfortunes, but will also lead to treasure.

By July 11, it was noted that autumn would soon come. So, the leaves were already beginning to gradually fall from the trees. In some regions, the first potatoes began to be dug up.

In the Orthodox Church on July 11, the memory of the Monks Herman and Sergei of Valaam, famous righteous people and miracle workers, is celebrated. True, practically no data has been preserved about their lives. But it is important to know that they, according to scientists, are the founders of the Valaam Monastery.

Folk signs on June 11

The cuckoo has fallen silent - there will be an early winter with a lot of snow

Usually, on the eve of Peter's Day, young people should not go to bed early - it was customary to have fun until the morning

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Events of the day July 11, 2017 - dates today

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World Chocolate Day

They say that on this day you can eat a “sea” of chocolate and not gain a drop of weight. So what kind of chocolate day is this? We are talking about the most “delicious” holiday of the year - World Chocolate Day, which is celebrated by many countries around the world, including Russia, annually in the midst of summer - July 11th. By the way, this holiday is very young, it appeared in 1995 thanks to the French, true connoisseurs of chocolate. It was they who took the initiative to create a “sweet” celebration. This idea was supported by literally everyone, and a new date appeared on the pages of the world holiday calendar.

It has long been proven that chocolate is addictive, which is why many call it a “sweet drug.” However, it cannot be called dangerous, because this dark delicacy has considerable benefits for maintaining health, youth and beauty. Chocolate is especially rich in antioxidants, which slow down the aging of the body. Well, most of all it is valued for the fact that it promotes the production of “happiness” hormones: eat a slab and you are in a good mood for the whole day! And recently, scientists stated that chocolate helps fight certain types of cancer cells. In general, this is a very useful drug, but you also need to know when to stop it, especially for people who are prone to obesity.

World Population Day

The date was approved by UN decree in 1989. In the mid-20th century, the rapid growth of the world's population caused serious concern to the United Nations. Between the 1960s and 90s, the world's population doubled, passing the six billion mark. And although the growth rate has now slowed down somewhat, the population continues to grow rapidly. According to scientists' forecasts, by 2050 about 10-11 billion people will live on Earth. That is why Population Day was established to draw public attention to the importance and urgency of considering such an aspect as the demography of the Earth, as well as problems in conserving natural resources and finding alternative solutions.

July 11 in the folk calendar

Nettle spell

On the eve of Peter's Day (July 12), young people in Rus' organized a grand celebration: they danced, sang songs, played and danced in circles until the morning. July 11 was also called the day of the nettle spell. It was believed that it was after this date that nettle lost all its valuable properties. Therefore, today housewives traditionally cooked cabbage soup with nettles to feed their family for the last time of the year. They also managed to prepare various infusions and decoctions to treat all kinds of ailments. In general, nettle in Rus' was highly valued among the people for its truly valuable healing properties. After all, this burning herb has a huge range of uses. Even in the 21st century, many herbalists resort to the help of nettles, especially to stop various types of bleeding.

In Rus', nettle was used not only for medicinal purposes, but also in everyday life. Good fiber was obtained from it, and clothes, bags, sails and many other household accessories were made from “nettle” fabric. They also attributed magical properties to it. For example, it was believed that wearing a “nettle” thing could remove any, even the strongest, evil eye. Let's remember Andersen's famous fairy tale, where the sister sewed clothes from nettles for the brothers. So, it turns out that it is to some extent based on real events!

Historical events of July 11

The order to create an Academy of Sciences in Berlin was signed by the Prussian Elector Frederick the First. The outstanding mathematician and philosopher Leibniz was one of its active organizers. He also became the first president of the German Academy of Sciences. The German authorities refused to sponsor the activities of the community, however, they gave it in return a monopoly right to publish calendars in Brandenburg. When Frederick assumed the throne of Prussia in 1701, the organization was renamed the Royal Scientific Society, and scientists were provided with an observatory and the latest equipment for research.

With the accession of Frederick the Second to the throne, the society was renamed the Royal Academy of Sciences. In addition, the financing of its activities has been significantly improved. Its boundaries were also expanded: new laboratories appeared, and construction of a large botanical garden began. Many world scientists considered it an honor to be invited to participate in the life of the Academy. Soon this scientific society became one of the most authoritative institutions in the country. After World War II it received a new name - the German Academy of Sciences, and with the reunification of Germany it became known as the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.

The initiators of the creation of such sports competitions were the Moscow Sports Association (MGFSO) and the Moscow authorities with the support of the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee). On April 15, 1997, an agreement on organizing the youth games was signed between the representative of the International Olympic Committee, Mayor Luzhkov and the president of the ROC. Their grand opening took place on the date we indicated in 1998. Children from 130 countries took part in the first competitions. Competitions were held in fourteen sports, and more than 500 medals were awarded.

For the Games in Moscow, the best sports grounds in the capital were provided: Luzhniki Stadium and all its facilities, Chertanovo, Sokolniki and Dynamo palaces, Olimpiysky sports complexes, CSKA gaming halls, etc. Young Russian athletes performed very successfully at the competition, winning about 130 prize medals, 64 of which were gold.

Born on July 11

John Adams(1767 - 1848) - sixth President of the United States (from 1825 to 1829). Adams began to participate in social activities at the age of eleven, carrying out various assignments from his father (Adams Sr.). And before taking the presidency, John managed to be the American ambassador to Britain and spent 8 years as Secretary of State under Monroe. After leaving the presidency, he served several terms in the House of Representatives.

Alexander Prokhorov(1916 - 2002) - an outstanding physicist who developed lasers. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his services. Prokhorov was also the editor-in-chief of the latest edition of the TSB (Great Soviet Encyclopedia).

Giorgio Armani(born 1934) is a renowned Italian fashion designer. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a doctor and even entered medical school, but after studying for two years, he decided to join the army. After the service, he got a job in a store and at the same time worked as a window decorator. Gradually, Armani matured the idea of ​​becoming a designer, especially since the gifted young man had an extremely delicate taste, he had unique views on fashion, which he slowly began to bring to life. In 1974, his own clothing brand was launched. The show of the first collection was very successful, and in 1975 Armani, together with Galleoti, registered the Giorgio Armani company.

Name day July 11

Noted: German, Vasily, Grigory (Yuri, Egor), Joseph, Ivan, Sergey, Pavel, Cyrus, Pelageya, Eleanor, Olga.