Page 3: 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  On this day in history the U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so.   

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  Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet on March - 11.   

1848  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 on March - 11.   

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  On this day in history women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school)   

1850  Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) on March - 11.   

1851  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice on this day in history.   

1857  On March - 11 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  On this day in history confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution   

1862  General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia on March - 11.   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief on this day in history.   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of on March - 11.   

1863  On March - 11 free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

1863  On this day in history andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)   

1864  Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee on March - 11.   

1865  On March - 11 assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation.   

1865  General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC on this day in history.   

1865  Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC on this day in history.   

1867  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France   

1867  On March - 11 great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)   

1867  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris   

1870  King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho on March - 11.   

1872  On this day in history construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.   

1872  On March - 11 abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector   

1874  Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1876  On March - 11 carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)   

1879  On March - 11 guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt.   

1879  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ   

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

1549  On March - 11 birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

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

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

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 March - 11.   

0222  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On this day in history sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

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 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 this day in history.   

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