Historical Events In March - 11

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

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

1779  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1791  Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent on March - 11.  

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

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1794  Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens on this day in history.  

1795  Battle at Kurdla India Mahratten beat Mogols on this day in history.  

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

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

1810  Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise on March - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1812  On this day in history citizenship granted to Prussian Jews  

1812  James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887 on March - 11.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1823  1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt on March - 11.  

1824  US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history uS War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair  

1826  On March - 11 gervais-Francois Couperin, composer, dies at 66  

1827  Septimus Winner, composer on this day in history.  

1832  On March - 11 franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test)  

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

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  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.  

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  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 March - 11.  

1731  On March - 11 birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

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

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 March - 11.  

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