Page 3: Historical Events In March - 11

1840  On March - 11 edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1845  On this day in history florida became the 27th state of the United States of America.   

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 March - 11 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  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 this day in history 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  On March - 11 woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)   

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

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

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

1860  On this day in history thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)   

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 March - 11.   

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

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

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

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  Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) on March - 11.   

1867  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris   

1870  On this day in history 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  Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63   

1876  On March - 11 carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)   

1879  Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt on this day in history.   

1879  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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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 March - 11.   

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

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 March - 11.   

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