Deaths on April 11

Edward Wightman

Died on April 11, 1612

Edward Wightman, English minister and martyr (b. 1566)

Edward Wightman (c. 1580 – 11 April 1612) was an English radical Anabaptist minister, executed at Lichfield on charges of heresy. He was the last person to be burned at the stake in England for heresy.

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Kitay-gorod
During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.) .