June 11 1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
June 11 173 Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
June 11 631 Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
June 11 1429 Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
June 11 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
June 11 1775 The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
June 11 1865 The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
June 11 1903 A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
June 11 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
June 11 1942 World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
June 11 1942 Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
June 11 1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
June 11 1982: to 12th British forces take Mount Longdon, Two
Sisters and Mount Harriet from Argentine force during the Falklamds conflict.
June 11/12 Sergeant Ian John McKay (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) Died in the battle for Mount Longdon, For his actions this day he was awarded the Victoria Cross
June 11/12 Sergeant Ian John McKay (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) Died in the battle for Mount Longdon, For his actions this day he was awarded the Victoria Cross
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