Page 2: 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 March - 11.   

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

1781  On March - 11 anthony Philip Heinrich, composer   

1786  Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28 on March - 11.   

1787  On this day in history maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45   

1789  On this day in history benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC   

1791  Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office on this day in history.   

1791  Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent on this day in history.   

1793  Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist on March - 11.   

1794  Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens on March - 11.   

1795  On March - 11 battle at Kurdla India Mahratten beat Mogols   

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

1807  Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41 on March - 11.   

1810  Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise on March - 11.   

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 March - 11 james Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887   

1818  On March - 11 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 March - 11.   

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

1822  On this day in history allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1823  The first normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history 1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt   

1824  US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs on this day in history.   

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 this day in history septimus Winner, composer   

1832  Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test) on this day in history.   

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 March - 11 hMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

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  On March - 11 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 March - 11 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  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer