Today in History, July 11.

Today in History July 11
1302 An army of French knights, led
by the Count of Artois, is routed
by Flemish pikemen.
1346 Charles IV of Luxembourg is
elected Holy Roman Emperor in
Germany.
1533 Henry VIII is excommunicated
from the Catholic Church by
Pope Clement VII.
1708 The French are defeated at
Oudenarde, Malplaquet, in the
Netherlands by the Duke of
Marlborough and Eugene of
Savoy.
1786 Morocco agrees to stop
attacking American ships in the
Mediterranean for a payment of
$10,000.
1799 An Anglo-Turkish armada
bombards Napoleon
Bonaparte 's troops in
Alexandria to no avail.
1804 Alexander Hamilton is mortally
wounded by Aaron Burr in a
duel.
1862 President Abraham Lincoln
appoints General Henry Halleck
as general-in-chief of the
Federal army.
1942 In the RAF's longest bombing
raid of World War II, 44 British
Lancaster bombers attack the
Polish port of Danzig.
1972 American forces break the 95-
day siege at An Loc in Vietnam.
1975 Archaeologists unearth an army
of 8,000 life-size clay figures
created more than 2,000 years
ago for the Emperor Qin Shi
Huang.
1995 Full diplomatic relations are
established between the United
States and Vietnam.
Born on July 11
1274 Robert the Bruce , King of
Scotland (1306-1329).
1767 John Quincy Adams , Sixth
President of the United States
(1825-1829).
1838 John Wanamaker, U.S.
merchant, founder of one of the
first American department
stores.
1899 E.B. White, author (Charlotte's
Web).
1927 Theodore H. Maiman, physicist.