Template:On this day - February 11

Ramón de Campoamor

• 55 – In Rome, Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, dies of poisoning one day before turning 14 years old, leaving the way clear for his 17-year-old stepbrother Nero to become the new emperor.
• 1542 – In present-day Ecuador, Francisco de Orellana is the first European to discover the Amazon River.
• 1601 – In Spain, during the reign of Philip III of Spain and under the favoritism of the Duke of Lerma, the Court moves to Valladolid.
• 1723 – In Cuba, the first printed work in the island's history is produced, the Tarifa general de precios de medicina.
• 1742 – Birth of Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols, deputy to the Cortes of Cádiz (d. 1832).
• 1869 – In Spain, after the overthrow of Isabella II, the Constituent Cortes open with a speech by General Serrano, who was confirmed as president of the Executive Power.
• 1873 – The Spanish Cortes accept the abdication of Amadeo I of Savoy, proclaim the First Republic and appoint Estanislao Figueras president of the government.
• 1894 – Death of Emilio Arrieta, Spanish composer, whose greatest contribution to Spanish music was his role in establishing the zarzuela as a genre (b. 1821).
• 1901 – Death of Ramón de Campoamor, Spanish poet of literary realism (b. 1817).
• 1909 – In El Escorial (Madrid), a fire breaks out at the University of the Augustinians.
• 1939 – In Spain, the rebel troops occupy the enclave of Llívia, with the approval of the French authorities.
• 1953 – In Chile, San Valentín peak, the highest summit of the southern Patagonian area of the Andes mountain range, is conquered by Argentine mountaineers.
• 1956 – In Bolivia, the law giving the vote to natives, women and military personnel is passed.
• 1972 – The Vandellós I nuclear power plant, in Tarragona (Spain), comes into operation.
• 1977 – Spanish security forces free the President of the Council of State, Antonio María de Oriol y Urquijo, and Lieutenant General Emilio Villaescusa Quilis, President of the Supreme Council of Military Justice, both kidnapped by the terrorist group GRAPO.
• 2014 – Death of Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian film and television actor, presenter, entertainer and journalist (b. 1932).
• 2021 – Death of Rubén Alfonso Ramírez, Guatemalan journalist, teacher and politician (b. 1936).