Page 3: Historical Events In March - 11

1840  On this day in history edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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

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  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  Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet on March - 11.   

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  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  Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school) on March - 11.   

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

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

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

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

1860  On March - 11 thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)   

1861  Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution on March - 11.   

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

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  On this day in history lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of   

1863  On March - 11 free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

1863  Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) on March - 11.   

1864  Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee on this day in history.   

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  Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) on this day in history.   

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

1870  King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho on March - 11.   

1872  On this day in history construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.   

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  Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations) on March - 11.   

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

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

1882  Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ on March - 11.   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

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  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  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 March - 11.   

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

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  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.