Historical Events In March - 11

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

1772  George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history uS army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)   

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  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 on March - 11.   

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

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

1791  Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent on March - 11.   

1793  On March - 11 jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist   

1794  On this day in history royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens   

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

1795  On this day in history battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols   

1807  On this day in history anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41   

1810  Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise on this day in history.   

1810  On March - 11 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   

1811  Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history 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 this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery   

1819  Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery) on this day in history.   

1820  On March - 11 benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81   

1822  Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on March - 11.   

1823  The first normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT on March - 11.   

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

1824  On this day in history uS War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs   

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

1826  On March - 11 gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66   

1827  On this day in history septimus Winner, composer   

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

1833  On March - 11 fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71   

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

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on March - 11.   

1725  On this day in history 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 March - 11 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 this day in history 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 March - 11.   

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

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on March - 11.   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on March - 11.