Page 3: Historical Events In March - 11

1840  Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1845  On March - 11 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  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 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history 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  Richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor on March - 11.   

1850  Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school) on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice on March - 11.   

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

1857  On this day in history manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84   

1860  On this day in history thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)   

1861  On March - 11 confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution   

1862  General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history 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 this day in history skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee   

1865  Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation on this day in history.   

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

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

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris on March - 11.   

1870  On March - 11 king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho   

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

1879  On March - 11 justus Hermann Wetzel, composer   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

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

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on March - 11.   

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  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on March - 11.   

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  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on March - 11.   

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

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