Page 2: Historical Events In March - 11

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

1772  George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history uS army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)   

1781  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer on this day in history.   

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 March - 11 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 March - 11.   

1791  On this day in history samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent   

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

1794  Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens on March - 11.   

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

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

1807  On March - 11 anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41   

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

1812  On March - 11 citizenship granted to Prussian Jews   

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 March - 11 the birth of Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery   

1819  Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery) on this day in history.   

1820  On March - 11 benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81   

1822  Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on March - 11.   

1823  The first normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT on March - 11.   

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

1824  US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs on March - 11.   

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

1826  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66 on March - 11.   

1827  Septimus Winner, composer on this day in history.   

1832  Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile   

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

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

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

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  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on March - 11.   

1725  On this day in history birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

1731  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

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

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

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  On this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

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  On March - 11 death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer