Discover what happened on 11 February 1939 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Ali Kelmendi (Albanian communist leader (1900-1939))
- Franz Schmidt (Austrian composer, cellist and pianist (1874-1939))
- Wilhelm Dröscher (German teacher (1860-1939))
- Gustav Lange (Norwegian musician (1861–1939))
- Caesar Gezelle (Belgian poet, writer, politician, cousin and heir to the archive of Guido Gezelle (1875-1939))
- Nikolai V. Nasonov (Russian zoologist (1855–1939))
- Samuel Hybbinette
- Jan Kvicala (Czech chess player (1868–1939))
- Hjalmar Wicander
- Peter Buol (American mayor (1873–1939))
- Witold Roszkowski
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- Hans Valdemar Ludvigsen (Danish businessperson)
- Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (Slovak writer (1855-1939), editor)
- Jens Tolv Beck (Norwegian politician (1890-1939))
- Rudolf Koechlin (Austrian mineralogist)
- Herbert Parker (American politician)
- Józef Lenartowski
- Edward Moorhouse (British racing journalist)
- Hermann Ebeling
- Fran Žgur
- Thomas Francis Miller (American architect)
- Alice Hetsey (Austrian stage actress)
- Marcel Godechot (French engineer and chemist)
- Ellen Vinge
- Catherine Sydney Louisa Margesson ((1887-1939))
- Margaret Eleanor JoPP ((died 1939))
- Caesar Gezelle (Belgian poet, writer, politician, cousin and heir to the archive of Guido Gezelle (1875-1939))
- Nikolai V. Nasonov (Russian zoologist (1855–1939))
- Ali Kelmendi (Albanian communist leader (1900-1939))
- Franz Schmidt (Austrian composer, cellist and pianist (1874-1939))
- Wilhelm Dröscher (German teacher (1860-1939))
- Gustav Lange (Norwegian musician (1861–1939))
- Samuel Hybbinette
- Jan Kvicala (Czech chess player (1868–1939))
- Hjalmar Wicander
- Peter Buol (American mayor (1873–1939))
- Witold Roszkowski
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- Hans Valdemar Ludvigsen (Danish businessperson)
- Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (Slovak writer (1855-1939), editor)
- Jens Tolv Beck (Norwegian politician (1890-1939))
- Rudolf Koechlin (Austrian mineralogist)
- Herbert Parker (American politician)
- Józef Lenartowski
- Edward Moorhouse (British racing journalist)
- Hermann Ebeling
- Fran Žgur
- Thomas Francis Miller (American architect)
- Alice Hetsey (Austrian stage actress)
- Marcel Godechot (French engineer and chemist)
- Ellen Vinge
- Catherine Sydney Louisa Margesson ((1887-1939))
- Margaret Eleanor JoPP ((died 1939))
- Sir John Scott Cæsar Hawkins, 5th Bt. ((1875-1939))
- Giuseppe Seppilli (Italian psychiatrist (1851-1939))
- Albert Fraikin
- Emil Landa (Czech high school teacher (1867-1939))
- Antonín Waltner
- Maria Eriksson (Swedish suffragette)
- Jess H. Stevens (American lawyer)
- George Elkington (British architect, active in London)
- Georg Lessing