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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 11 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  Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school) on this day in history.   

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

1851  On March - 11 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 March - 11 thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)   

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

1862  On this day in history general Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia   

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 March - 11.   

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

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

1865  On this day in history general Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC   

1865  On this day in history gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC   

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  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 March - 11 abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector   

1874  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

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

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 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 this day in history.   

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