Historical Events In March - 11

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 Māoris 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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1544  On March - 11 birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

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

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on March - 11.   

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  On this day in history death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  On this day in history death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  On March - 11 death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer