Page 2: Historical Events In March - 11

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

1772  On this day in history george Reuter, composer, dies at 63   

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

1781  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer on March - 11.   

1786  Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1787  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

1793  Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist on this day in history.   

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

1795  Battle at Kurdla India Mahratten beat Mogols on March - 11.   

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

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

1810  On this day in history emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise   

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  On this day in history marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1812  On March - 11 citizenship granted to Prussian Jews   

1812  On this day in history 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  On this day in history henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery)   

1820  Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81 on March - 11.   

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

1823  On March - 11 the first normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT   

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

1824  On this day in history uS War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs   

1824  US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair on this day in history.   

1826  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1827  On March - 11 septimus Winner, composer   

1832  On this day in history franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test)   

1833  On this day in history fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71   

1835  On March - 11 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  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

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

1549  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

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

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

1683  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

0859  On March - 11 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  On this day in history death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

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