Page 3: Historical Events In March - 11

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

1845  Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America on this day in history.   

1845  On March - 11 the U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a President’s veto. It was the first time Congress had done so.   

1845  On this day in history 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.   

1846  On this day in history antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet   

1848  On this day in history 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.   

1850  Richard Blanshard arrives at Fort Victoria; reads proclamation establishing the new colony of Vancouver Island, with himself as the first Governor on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school)   

1850  On this day in history woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)   

1851  On March - 11 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice on March - 11.   

1857  On March - 11 manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84   

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

1861  On March - 11 confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution   

1862  General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia on this day in history.   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief &makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 11 lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of   

1863  Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service on this day in history.   

1863  On March - 11 andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)   

1864  On March - 11 skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee   

1865  On March - 11 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  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France on this day in history.   

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

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris on March - 11.   

1870  On March - 11 king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho   

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

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  On March - 11 carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)   

1879  On March - 11 guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt.   

1879  On March - 11 justus Hermann Wetzel, composer   

1882  Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ on this day in history.   

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1544  On March - 11 birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  On March - 11 birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

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