🎉 China's Maritime Day
Where: Liuhe, Taicang (departure port)
📅 On This Day: July 11
July 11: China's Maritime Day. 11 July is China's Maritime Day. It remembers the day in 1405 when Zheng He of the Ming dynasty set out on his first voyage with a huge fleet. On later voyages his ships sailed to Southeast Asia, India and even the east coast of Africa.
✨ More events on this day
- 1801 🚀 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons found his first comet in 1801, and over the next 27 years he discovered 36 more, more than anyone else in history.
- 1893 💡 In 1893 Kōkichi Mikimoto in Japan got the first cultured pearl, made by gently helping an oyster grow a pearl around a tiny bead.
- 1922 🎨 The Hollywood Bowl opened in Los Angeles in 1922; this huge outdoor concert stage sits in a natural bowl-shaped hillside below the Hollywood Hills.
🧠 Question of the day
How far did Zheng He's ships go?
- Antarctica
- The east coast of Africa
- The west coast of America
Show the answer
Answer: The east coast of Africa
Questions
What happened on July 11?
July 11: China's Maritime Day. It happened in Liuhe, Taicang (departure port).
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He