Events on March 11 in history

Seven Sisters Colliery (March 11, 1872)

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

Seven Sisters (Welsh: Blaendulais: source of the (river) Dulais) is a village and community in the Dulais Valley, Wales, UK. It lies 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Neath. Seven Sisters falls within the Seven Sisters ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
18 Nov

United States presidential election, 1872
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Events on March 11 in history

Seven Sisters Colliery (March 11, 1872)

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Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

United States presidential election, 1872

P. B. S. Pinchback