Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 11
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July 11: Naadam in Mongolia begins
- 1533 - King Henry VIII of England was excommunicated by Pope Clement VII.
- 1804 - In Weehawken, New Jersey, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.
- 1811 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published his memoir about molecular content of gases.
- 1859 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens was published.
- 1921 - The Irish War of Independence ended with a truce between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Irish Republican Army.
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