Historical Events In March - 11

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) on March - 11.   

1772  On this day in history george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

1779  US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history anthony Philip Heinrich, composer   

1786  On this day in history jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28   

1787  On March - 11 maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45   

1789  Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC on this day in history.   

1791  Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office on March - 11.   

1791  On this day in history samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

1793  Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist on this day in history.   

1794  Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens on this day in history.   

1795  Battle at Kurdla India Mahratten beat Mogols on this day in history.   

1795  Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols on this day in history.   

1807  On March - 11 anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41   

1810  On this day in history emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise   

1810  Napoleon is married by proxy at Vienna to the Austrian archduchess Maria Luisa, 18, in a match arranged by Austrian foreign minister Metternich The "little corporal" hopes to father an heir on March - 11.   

1811  On this day in history marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1812  On March - 11 citizenship granted to Prussian Jews   

1812  On this day in history james Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887   

1818  On this day in history john Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1819  On March - 11 the birth of Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery   

1819  Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery) on March - 11.   

1820  Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1822  Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history the first normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT   

1823  On March - 11 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt   

1824  US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs on March - 11.   

1824  On March - 11 uS War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair   

1826  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66 on March - 11.   

1827  On March - 11 septimus Winner, composer   

1832  On this day in history franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test)   

1833  Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1835  George Kingsmill sets up first formal police force in Canada; High Constable of Toronto on March - 11.   

1835  HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile on this day in history.   

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1725  On March - 11 birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

0222  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on March - 11.   

0859  On March - 11 death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr   

1198  On this day in history death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)   

1486  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on March - 11.   

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.