Page 3: Historical Events In March - 11

1840  Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

1846  Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet on this day in history.   

1848  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 on this day in history.   

1850  On March - 11 richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor.   

1850  On March - 11 women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school)   

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

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice on this day in history.   

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

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

1860  Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library) on March - 11.   

1861  Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1862  General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia on March - 11.   

1862  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1864  Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee on March - 11.   

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

1865  On March - 11 general Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC   

1865  Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC on this day in history.   

1867  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France   

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

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

1870  On this day in history king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho   

1872  On March - 11 construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.   

1872  On this day in history abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector   

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 this day in history intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1725  On March - 11 birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

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  On this day in history sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)   

1486  On March - 11 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  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.