Historical Events In March - 11

1840  On March - 11 edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1845  Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America on March - 11.   

1845  The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so on this day in history.   

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  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  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  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice   

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 March - 11.   

1861  On this day in history confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution   

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  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

1865  On this day in history general Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC   

1865  Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC on March - 11.   

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

1867  On this day in history 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 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  On March - 11 carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)   

1879  Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt on this day in history.   

1879  On March - 11 justus Hermann Wetzel, composer   

1882  On March - 11 intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ   

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

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

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 March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

0859  On this day in history 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 March - 11.   

1486  On March - 11 albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.   

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.