The Phenomenon of March 11: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1848  Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the inaugural 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 inaugural Governor   

1850  Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (1st female medical school).   

1850  Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)   

1851  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", premieres in Venice.   

1857  Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84   

1860  Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library).   

1861  In this year, Confederate convention in Montgomery, formally adopts constitution   

1862  General Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia.   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief.   

1862  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of   

1863  Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod).   

1864  Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee   

1865  Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation.   

1865  General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC   

1865  Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC.   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", premieres in Paris France   

1867  Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano).   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris   

1870  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   

1872  Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector   

1874  Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63   

1876  Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations).   

1879  Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt.   

1879  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer.   

1882  Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ   

1884  Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet).   

1885  Fort Carlton Saskatchewan Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier 1847-1901 warns Ottawa of danger of rebellion in Saskatchewan; NWMP Superintendent at Fort Carlton.   

1885  Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min).   

1888  Great blizzard of '88 strikes northeast US.   

1888  The "Great Blizzard of 88" started to roar along the Atlantic Seaboard of the U.S., shutting down communication and transportation lines.   

1888  Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US   

1890  Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer.   

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