📅 Today in HistoryOctober 11

A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.

A peace treaty ends the Jin-Song wars.

The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.

The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.

The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.

Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.

American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.

The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.