Page 3: Historical Events In March - 11

1840  Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history 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 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  On March - 11 antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet   

1848  On March - 11 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  Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) on March - 11.   

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

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

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 March - 11.   

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  Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of on this day in history.   

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 March - 11.   

1865  Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation on March - 11.   

1865  On March - 11 general Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC   

1865  Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC on March - 11.   

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

1867  On March - 11 great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)   

1867  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1870  On March - 11 king Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho   

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

1874  Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 on March - 11.   

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

1879  Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt on March - 11.   

1879  On this day in history justus Hermann Wetzel, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

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

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

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 March - 11.   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

0222  On March - 11 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  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on this day in history.   

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 March - 11.   

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer