What happened on 11 January?

7 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1851 Taiping Rebellion Massive mid-19th-century civil war led by Hong Xiuquan; one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
2. 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Includes the Zulu victory at Isandlwana and British defence at Rorke's Drift.
3. 1851 Taiping Rebellion begins Conventional start of Taiping Rebellion.
4. 1755 Born: Alexander Hamilton Founding Father, principal author of the Federalist Papers, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury who built the financial architecture of the new republic. Killed in a duel with Aar
5. 1923 Reparations crisis: Ruhr occupation France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr after Germany defaults on reparations.
6. 1898 Esterhazy acquitted in three minutes Court-martialled at his own request to clear his name, the actual author of the bordereau is acquitted after three minutes' deliberation, to cheers — the army has chosen its honour
7. 2002 Guantánamo opens The first twenty detainees, shackled and orange-suited, arrive at the naval base on Cuba chosen precisely because it sits outside ordinary American law. Designed as a rules-free zo