March 11 in History

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Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
1387

Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
1641

Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.
1649

The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
1702

The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
1708

Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1784

The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
1811

During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
1824

The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845

Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
1848

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.
1851

The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
1861

American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1864

The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
1872

Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1879

Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
1888

The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
1917

World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
1918

The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
1927

In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
1931

Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
1941

World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1945

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
1945

World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
1946

Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
1975

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
1977

The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1978

Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
1983

Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
1990

Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
1990

Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
1993

Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
1999

Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
2004

Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 192 people.
2006

Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2007

Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
2009

Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
2010

Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
2011

An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
2012

A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
2016

At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.

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