On this day: 11/01/532
Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
On this day: 11/01/630
Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, Quraysh surrender.
On this day: 11/01/947
Emperor Tai Zong of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty invades the Later Jin, resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin.
On this day: 11/01/1055
Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.
On this day: 11/01/1158
Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.
On this day: 11/01/1569
First recorded lottery in England.
On this day: 11/01/1654
Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
On this day: 11/01/1693
A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
On this day: 11/01/1759
The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On this day: 11/01/1779
Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.