Births on March 11

Nicholas Gassaway

Born on March 11, 1634

Nicholas Gassaway, colonial military and political leader (d. 1691)

Colonel Nicholas Gassaway (baptized 11 March 1634 – between 10 and 27 January 1691 Julian Calendar) was a colonial military and political leader and justice in early Maryland. He is the progenitor of the some five and a half thousand Americans who bear the family name in the 2000 census.

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6 Sep

Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
11 Nov

John Atherton
Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.