# What happened on March 11 in history?

**Date:** March 11  
**Events recorded:** 44  
**Years spanned:** 843 – 2023  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/11/

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## Featured Event

**2023** — The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatmadaw)

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## Events on this date

- **843** — Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Orthodoxy))
- **1343** — Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 O.S.), and, a year later, the first Archbishop of Prague. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno%C5%A1t_of_Pardubice))
- **1387** — Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Castagnaro))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_people))
- **1649** — The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fronde))
- **1702** — The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Courant))
- **1708** — Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%2C_Queen_of_Great_Britain))
- **1784** — The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Mangalore))
- **1795** — The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kharda))
- **1845** — Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagstaff_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine))
- **1851** — The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto))
- **1861** — American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1864** — The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sheffield_Flood))
- **1872** — Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters%2C_Neath_Port_Talbot))
- **1879** — Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Tai))
- **1888** — The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888))
- **1892** — The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Germain_bombing))
- **1917** — World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1927** — In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Roxy_Rothafel))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy))
- **1945** — World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Vietnam))
- **1946** — Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_H%C3%B6ss))
- **1977** — The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_attack_and_hostage_taking))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_road_massacre))
- **1981** — Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo))
- **1982** — Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wider%C3%B8e_Flight_933))
- **1983** — Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hawke))
- **1985** — Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev))
- **1990** — Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_the_Re-Establishment_of_the_State_of_Lithuania))
- **1990** — Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Aylwin))
- **2003** — The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court))
- **2004** — Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings))
- **2006** — Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Bachelet))
- **2008** — Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour))
- **2009** — Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Winnenden_shootings))
- **2010** — Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Pi%C3%B1era))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami))
- **2012** — A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_massacre))
- **2018** — A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series))
- **2020** — The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization))
- **2021** — US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States))
- **2023** — The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatmadaw))

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## Notable births on March 11

- **2004** — **Margarita Kolosov** — German rhythmic gymnast ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Kolosov))
- **2003** — **Tristan Vukčević** — Serbian-Swedish basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Vuk%C4%8Devi%C4%87))
- **1997** — **Travis Konecny** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Konecny))
- **1997** — **Ray Spalding** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Spalding))
- **1996** — **Conor Garland** — American ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_Garland))
- **1994** — **Andy Robertson** — Scottish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Robertson))
- **1993** — **Jodie Comer** — English actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Comer))
- **1993** — **Anthony Davis** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Davis))
- **1992** — **Austin Swift** — American producer and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Swift))
- **1990** — **Ayumi Morita** — Japanese tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Morita))

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## Notable deaths on March 11

- **2025** — **Junior Bridgeman** — American basketball player and businessman (born 1953) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman))
- **2025** — **Clive Revill** — New Zealand actor and singer (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Revill))
- **2024** — **Paul Alexander** — Polio survivor (born 1946) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(polio_survivor)))
- **2022** — **Rupiah Banda** — President of Zambia (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupiah_Banda))
- **2021** — **Ray Campi** — American singer and musician (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Campi))
- **2021** — **Takis Mousafiris** — Greek composer and songwriter (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takis_Mousafiris))
- **2018** — **Ken Dodd** — English comedian and singer (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Dodd))
- **2018** — **Siegfried Rauch** — German actor (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Rauch))
- **2018** — **Karl Lehmann** — German cardinal (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lehmann))
- **2018** — **Mary Rosenblum** — American science fiction and mystery author (born 1952) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rosenblum))

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