Historical Events In March - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1840 On March - 11 edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1845 On this day in history florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.
1845 The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so on March - 11.
1845 On March - 11 the Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 MÄoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
1846 On March - 11 antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet
1848 On this day in history louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
1850 On March - 11 richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor.
1850 Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school) on this day in history.
1850 Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) on this day in history.
1851 On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice
1851 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice on March - 11.
1857 On this day in history manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84
1860 Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library) on this day in history.
1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution on this day in history.
1862 On March - 11 general Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia
1862 On March - 11 lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief
1862 Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of on March - 11.
1863 On this day in history free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.
1863 Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) on March - 11.
1864 On March - 11 skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
1865 Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation on this day in history.
1865 On March - 11 general Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC
1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC on March - 11.
1867 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France on March - 11.
1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) on this day in history.
1867 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris on March - 11.
1870 On this day in history king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho
1872 On March - 11 construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1872 Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector on March - 11.
1874 On March - 11 charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63
1876 Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations) on this day in history.
1879 On this day in history guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt.
1879 On March - 11 justus Hermann Wetzel, composer
1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ on this day in history.
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