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This is a list of selected February 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
55 – One day before his 14th birthday, Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, died under mysterious circumstances in Rome, apparently poisoned at a dinner party. needs more footnotes
1250Seventh Crusade: After three days of fighting, the Ayyubids successfully defended Al Mansurah, Egypt, from invading crusaders. unreferenced section
1808Anthracite coal was first experimentally burned as a residential heating fuel by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. unreferenced section
1826University College London was founded as the first secular university in England. unreferenced section
1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicated, proclaimed at the Cortes Generales that Spanish people were "ungovernable," and left the country. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1971 – Eighty-seven countries signed the Seabed Arms Control Treaty, outlawing weapons of mass destruction on the ocean floor in international waters. no footnotes
1991 – The international organization Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization was established to represent the interests of indigenous peoples, minorities, occupied nations, and other areas which lack international representation. multiple issues

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February 11: Victory of the Revolution in Iran (1979); National Foundation Day in Japan

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Nelson Mandela
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