All Events

Historical Events on March 11

  • Treaty of Waitangi

    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.

  • Confederate States Constitution

    1861

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

  • Fall of Baghdad (1917)

    1917

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

  • 1918 flu pandemic

    1918

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

  • Auschwitz concentration camp

    1946

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

  • Michelle Bachelet

    2006

    Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.

  • 2007 Georgia helicopter incident

    2007

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

  • 2010 Pichilemu earthquake

    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 Japanese tsunami

    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.

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