Page 2: Historical Events In March - 11

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

1772  On March - 11 george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

1779  US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) on March - 11.   

1781  On this day in history anthony Philip Heinrich, composer   

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

1787  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1789  Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC on March - 11.   

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 March - 11 samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

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

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

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

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

1807  Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1812  Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews on this day in history.   

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

1818  John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt on March - 11.   

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 March - 11 septimus Winner, composer   

1832  Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test) on March - 11.   

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

1835  On this day in history george Kingsmill sets up first formal police force in Canada; High Constable of Toronto.   

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

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

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

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

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on this day in history.   

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

1514  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

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

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