This day in History - March 11

373 Historic Events for March 11
222 Death Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18?
417 Event Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome
537 Event Goths lay siege to Rome
638 Death Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies
843 Event Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople
1302 Event Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare
1486 Death Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71
1502 Event Tebriz] shah Ismail I of Persia crowned
1513 Event Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X
1544 Birth Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)
1549 Birth Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)
1549 Birth Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer
1563 Event League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II
1567 Event Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel
1596 Birth Isaac Elsevier, book publisher
1597 Event Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France
1598 Event Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille
1649 Event Treaty of Rueil destroys 1st Fronde-uprising
1654 Birth Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer
1665 Event NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights
1669 Event Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000
1683 Birth Giovanni Veneziano, composer
1702 Event 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes
1715 Death Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80
1726 Birth Louise-Florence d'pinay, France, writer (Woman, Man and 2 Kingdoms)