Historical Events In March - 11

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

1772  On March - 11 george Reuter, composer, dies at 63  

1779  On March - 11 uS army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)  

1781  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer on March - 11.  

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

1787  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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 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 March - 11 battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols  

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

1810  On March - 11 emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise  

1810  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 on March - 11.  

1811  Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on March - 11.  

1812  On this day in history citizenship granted to Prussian Jews  

1812  On March - 11 james Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887  

1818  John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 on March - 11.  

1819  The birth of Sir Henry Tate, Founder of London's Tate Gallery on March - 11.  

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  On this day in history the first normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord VT  

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

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 this day in history.  

1827  Septimus Winner, composer on this day in history.  

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

1833  Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1835  George Kingsmill sets up first formal police force in Canada; High Constable of Toronto on March - 11.  

1835  HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher  

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

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 this day in history.  

0222  On March - 11 death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½  

0638  On March - 11 sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies  

0859  On March - 11 death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr  

1198  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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