February 11
Holidays
65 holidays recorded on February 11 throughout history
Quote of the Day
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
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National Inventors' Day falls on Thomas Edison's birthday.
National Inventors' Day falls on Thomas Edison's birthday. February 11th. Congress picked it in 1983 after a campaign by the United Inventors Association of the USA. Edison held 1,093 patents. Most people know the lightbulb. Fewer know he also patented an electric pen, a talking doll that terrified children, and a machine to communicate with the dead. He never got that last one working. The holiday honors all inventors, not just Edison. Patent applications in the U.S. now top 600,000 a year. Most fail. Edison's success rate was under 10 percent. He called failed experiments "learning 10,000 things that don't work.
The European Union picked 112 as its emergency number because it was the only two-digit combination every member stat…
The European Union picked 112 as its emergency number because it was the only two-digit combination every member state had left unused. They announced it in 1991. The goal was simple: one number that worked everywhere, no matter which country you were in or what language you spoke. Today it handles over 300 million calls a year across 27 countries. You can dial it from any phone—locked, without a SIM card, no credit needed. It routes automatically to local services and can pinpoint your location even if you can't speak. The number most people never want to call turns out to be the most universally accessible one in Europe.
Panay Island observes Evelio Javier Day to honor the former governor who became a symbol of resistance against the Ma…
Panay Island observes Evelio Javier Day to honor the former governor who became a symbol of resistance against the Marcos dictatorship. His 1986 assassination galvanized the local populace, accelerating the momentum of the People Power Revolution that ultimately dismantled the regime and restored democratic institutions to the Philippines.
National Foundation Day marks the founding of Japan in 660 BCE — when Emperor Jimmu, descended from the sun goddess A…
National Foundation Day marks the founding of Japan in 660 BCE — when Emperor Jimmu, descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu, supposedly became the first emperor. Nobody believes the date is real. The holiday itself didn't exist until 1873, when the Meiji government needed a creation myth to unify the country during rapid modernization. They picked February 11 based on calculations from an ancient chronicle written in 720 CE. It was banned after World War II for promoting nationalism. Reinstated in 1966. Now it's mostly parades and flag-waving, but the date remains pure invention — Japan's birthday is a day it chose for itself.
National Youth Day in Cameroon marks February 11, 1961 — the day the country's youth voted to reunify British Souther…
National Youth Day in Cameroon marks February 11, 1961 — the day the country's youth voted to reunify British Southern Cameroons with French Cameroon. They were choosing between Nigeria and Cameroon. The vote was 233,571 to 97,741. Most voters were under 25. The holiday celebrates that decision, but also the 1972 student protests that forced political reforms. Students marched in Yaoundé demanding jobs, better schools, and an end to corruption. The government responded with promises and arrests. Now it's a public holiday with parades, sports competitions, and speeches about youth leadership. The students who voted in 1961 are in their eighties. The students who protested in 1972 run the government.
The Catholic Church celebrates World Day of the Sick on February 11th because that's when a 14-year-old peasant girl …
The Catholic Church celebrates World Day of the Sick on February 11th because that's when a 14-year-old peasant girl said she saw the Virgin Mary in a grotto near Lourdes, France. The year was 1858. Bernadette Soubirous was gathering firewood. She described eighteen visions total. The Church was skeptical for years. Now Lourdes gets six million visitors annually — more than any pilgrimage site except the Vatican. They come for the spring water. Bernadette herself was chronically ill her entire life.
Armed Forces Day in Liberia celebrates the military on February 11th — the anniversary of the 1963 founding of the Ar…
Armed Forces Day in Liberia celebrates the military on February 11th — the anniversary of the 1963 founding of the Armed Forces of Liberia. It replaced separate branches with a unified command structure. The day features parades in Monrovia, wreath-laying at military memorials, and speeches honoring service members. But the military's history is complicated. The AFL staged coups in 1980 and 1990. It collapsed during two civil wars that killed 250,000 people. The force was rebuilt from scratch in 2006 with international training. Now Liberians celebrate what they hope the military will become, not what it was.
The Catholic Church celebrates eleven saints today, but most people have never heard of ten of them.
The Catholic Church celebrates eleven saints today, but most people have never heard of ten of them. The exception: Blaise, a fourth-century Armenian bishop who supposedly saved a boy choking on a fishbone. That's why priests still bless throats with crossed candles every February 3rd. Millions line up for it. The other ten saints — including England's first known Christian poet and a blind woman who wrote 8,000 hymns — get almost no attention. One miracle about choking changed everything.
The UN declared this day in 2015 after noticing women held only 28% of research positions globally — despite earning …
The UN declared this day in 2015 after noticing women held only 28% of research positions globally — despite earning half of all science degrees. The gap wasn't education. It was retention. Women were leaving STEM fields at twice the rate of men, mostly between ages 30-40. Not because of ability. Because of culture, funding access, and what one study called "the motherhood penalty." The declaration was an admission: we're training scientists we can't keep.
The Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old girl in a grotto in southern France.
The Virgin Mary appeared to a 14-year-old girl in a grotto in southern France. Eighteen times between February and July 1858. Bernadette Soubirous was illiterate, asthmatic, the eldest of nine children in a family so poor they lived in a former jail cell. She described a lady in white who spoke to her in the local dialect, not French. The Church investigated for four years before declaring it legitimate. The spring that emerged during the apparitions now produces 27,000 gallons of water daily. Seventy documented medical cures the Church can't explain. Six million pilgrims visit Lourdes every year. More than any other Marian shrine in the world.
San Ardano, abad francés.
San Ardano, abad francés.
San Castrense, obispo y mártir romano.
San Castrense, obispo y mártir romano.
Día Mundial de la Mujer Médica.Se rinde un especial tributo a la doctora de origen inglés Elizabeth Blackwell por ser…
Día Mundial de la Mujer Médica.Se rinde un especial tributo a la doctora de origen inglés Elizabeth Blackwell por ser la primera mujer en el mundo en recibir el título en Estados Unidos, y luego poder ejercer tan loable profesión para el beneficio de la humanidad.
Vsevolod († 1139), Vsevolod de Pskov.
Vsevolod († 1139), Vsevolod de Pskov.
Argentina Argentina: Misiones: Aniversario de Comandante Andresito.Fundación: 11 de febrero de 1980 (46 años).
Argentina Argentina: Misiones: Aniversario de Comandante Andresito.Fundación: 11 de febrero de 1980 (46 años).
ButánBután Bután: Vacaciones en Losar.
ButánBután Bután: Vacaciones en Losar.
CamerúnCamerún Camerún: Día de la Juventud.
CamerúnCamerún Camerún: Día de la Juventud.
Corea del SurCorea del Sur Corea del Sur: Taeborum, comienzo del año nuevo lunar.
Corea del SurCorea del Sur Corea del Sur: Taeborum, comienzo del año nuevo lunar.
Guatemala Guatemala: Día de la Monja Blanca.
Guatemala Guatemala: Día de la Monja Blanca.
IránIrán Irán: Día de la Victoria de la Revolución.
IránIrán Irán: Día de la Victoria de la Revolución.
San Secundino, mártir hispano.
San Secundino, mártir hispano.
San Severino de Agauno, abad francés.
San Severino de Agauno, abad francés.
Hl.
Hl. Märtyrer der heiligen Bücher, numidische Blutzeugen (römisch-katholisch, der evangelische Gedenktag ist am 7. Januar)
Benjamin Schmolck, deutscher Pfarrer und Liederdichter (evangelisch)
Benjamin Schmolck, deutscher Pfarrer und Liederdichter (evangelisch)
Santa Soteris, virgen y mártir romana.
Santa Soteris, virgen y mártir romana.
Beato Tobías Borras Romeu, religioso y mártir español.
Beato Tobías Borras Romeu, religioso y mártir español.
Union européenne : journée européenne du 112 ;Monument célébrant le cinquantenaire de la fête de la jeunesse cameroun…
Union européenne : journée européenne du 112 ;Monument célébrant le cinquantenaire de la fête de la jeunesse camerounaise à Mbouda en 2016. ces deux derniers événements peut-être en raison de guérisons "miraculeuses" ou inexplicables survenues à partir de la première apparition mariale datée et commémorée du 11 février, de même que la célébration religieuse ci-après.
Date possible pour le début du nouvel an asiatique, entre 20 janvier et 20 février au gré de la Lune.
Date possible pour le début du nouvel an asiatique, entre 20 janvier et 20 février au gré de la Lune.
Liberia : jour des forces armées,.
Liberia : jour des forces armées,.
Calocer († 170), 5e évêque de Ravenne.
Calocer († 170), 5e évêque de Ravenne.
Désiré d'Auvergne († 602), évêque de Clermont-Ferrand.
Désiré d'Auvergne († 602), évêque de Clermont-Ferrand.
Éoharn († 1024), ermite en Bretagne.
Éoharn († 1024), ermite en Bretagne.
Gaudin († 700), 25e évêque de Soissons (voir Gaud à d'autres dates dont les 16 novembre).
Gaudin († 700), 25e évêque de Soissons (voir Gaud à d'autres dates dont les 16 novembre).
Gobnait (en) († VIe siècle), abbesse en Irlande.
Gobnait (en) († VIe siècle), abbesse en Irlande.
Luce d'Andrinople († 348), évêque d'Andrinople, martyrisé par les ariens.
Luce d'Andrinople († 348), évêque d'Andrinople, martyrisé par les ariens.
Odon Ier († 942), 32e évêque de Beauvais.
Odon Ier († 942), 32e évêque de Beauvais.
Séverin d'Agaune († 508), abbé de Saint-Maurice (Valais).
Séverin d'Agaune († 508), abbé de Saint-Maurice (Valais).
Simplice († Ve siècle), 13e évêque de l'Vienne (Gaules et actuel Dauphiné en France).
Simplice († Ve siècle), 13e évêque de l'Vienne (Gaules et actuel Dauphiné en France).
Sotère de Rome (it) († 304), vierge et martyre à Rome.
Sotère de Rome (it) († 304), vierge et martyre à Rome.
Théodora († 867), Impératrice byzantine.
Théodora († 867), Impératrice byzantine.
Ardaing ou Ardan († 1056), abbé de l'abbaye de Tournus.
Ardaing ou Ardan († 1056), abbé de l'abbaye de Tournus.
Catalan Fabri († 1321) et Pierre de Cuneo, bienheureux religieux franciscains, martyrs.
Catalan Fabri († 1321) et Pierre de Cuneo, bienheureux religieux franciscains, martyrs.
Élisabeth Salviati († 1519), bienheureuse religieuse italienne camaldule.
Élisabeth Salviati († 1519), bienheureuse religieuse italienne camaldule.
Tobie Borras Romeu († 1937), bienheureux frère de Saint Jean de Dieu espagnol, martyr à Ciempozuelos.
Tobie Borras Romeu († 1937), bienheureux frère de Saint Jean de Dieu espagnol, martyr à Ciempozuelos.
Dimitri († 1392), Dimitri de Prilouki, moine et higoumène, fondateur du monastère Saint-Nicolas de Pereslavl et du mo…
Dimitri († 1392), Dimitri de Prilouki, moine et higoumène, fondateur du monastère Saint-Nicolas de Pereslavl et du monastère Spasso-Priloutsky.
Georges (en) († 1515), Georges le Serbe, néo-martyr à Sofia.
Georges (en) († 1515), Georges le Serbe, néo-martyr à Sofia.
Ehouarn et ses variants bretons : Eoarn, Ehoarn, Euhoiarn.
Ehouarn et ses variants bretons : Eoarn, Ehoarn, Euhoiarn.
Aux Éloïse et Héloïse,
Aux Éloïse et Héloïse,
Sotère,
Sotère,
Théodora et ses variantes : Dora, Teodora, Téodora, Teodorina, Téodorina, Théa, Théodorina et Theodorine.
Théodora et ses variantes : Dora, Teodora, Téodora, Teodorina, Téodorina, Théa, Théodorina et Theodorine.
Welttag der Kranken
Welttag der Kranken
Christian feast day: Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics
Christian feast day: Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics
LiberiaLiberia Liberia: Día de las Fuerzas Armadas.
LiberiaLiberia Liberia: Día de las Fuerzas Armadas.
Mongolia Mongolia: Vacaciones de Tsagaan Sir.
Mongolia Mongolia: Vacaciones de Tsagaan Sir.
Venezuela Venezuela: Día del Sociólogo y el Antropólogo.
Venezuela Venezuela: Día del Sociólogo y el Antropólogo.
VietnamVietnam Vietnam: Fiesta del Tet.
VietnamVietnam Vietnam: Fiesta del Tet.
Dia Mundial do Enfermo
Dia Mundial do Enfermo
Dia Internacional das Mulheres na Ciência
Dia Internacional das Mulheres na Ciência
Dia do Antropólogo
Dia do Antropólogo
Dia do Zelador
Dia do Zelador
Aniversário do município de Araucária, Paraná
Aniversário do município de Araucária, Paraná
Aniversário do município de Aldeias Altas, Maranhão
Aniversário do município de Aldeias Altas, Maranhão
Aniversário do município de Antônio Prado, Rio Grande do Sul
Aniversário do município de Antônio Prado, Rio Grande do Sul
Desidério de Vienne
Desidério de Vienne
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby