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Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".

On June 11, in the year 173, Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain". This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of June 11, one of 368 recorded events on this date across all of history.

The Marcomannic Wars were a series of wars lasting from about AD 166 until 180. These wars pitted the Roman Empire against principally the Germanic Marcomanni and Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges; there were related conflicts with several other Germanic, Sarmatian, and Gothic peoples along both sides of the whole length of the Roman Empire's northeastern European border, the river Danube.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on June 11, 173 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 7 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 23 January 2026.

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Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Miller Barber, American golfer (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1929)
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Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 11 Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 11 Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (born 1952)
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Notable Deaths 2011 Jun 11 Eliyahu M
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Historical Events 2008 Jun 11 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses a
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Selected Events 2008 Jun 11 Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimila
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Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 11 Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 11 Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 11 Anne-Marie Alonzo, Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher (born 1951)
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