373 Historic Events for March 11
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| 1823 |
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1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt
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| 1824 |
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US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair
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| 1826 |
Death |
Gervais-Fran‡ois Couperin, composer, dies at 66
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| 1827 |
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Septimus Winner, composer
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| 1832 |
Birth |
William Ruffin Cox, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
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| 1832 |
Birth |
Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test)
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| 1833 |
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Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71
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| 1835 |
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HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile
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| 1840 |
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Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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| 1845 |
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John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], dies in Allen County Indiana
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| 1846 |
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Ant¢nio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet
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| 1850 |
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Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)
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| 1851 |
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice
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| 1857 |
Death |
Manuel Jos‚ Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84
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| 1860 |
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Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)
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| 1861 |
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Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution
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| 1862 |
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Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of
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| 1862 |
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12] Gen Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)
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| 1863 |
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Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist
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| 1864 |
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Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
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| 1865 |
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Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC
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| 1867 |
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Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)
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| 1867 |
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris
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| 1872 |
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Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector
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