WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. MARCH
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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. (11. March 222)

Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona. (11. March 1387)

Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit Reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina. (11. March 1641)

The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil. (11. March 1649)

The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time. (11. March 1702)

Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation. (11. March 1708)

The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end. (11. March 1784)

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. (11. March 1811)

The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (11. March 1824)

The 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. (11. March 1845)

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. (11. March 1848)

The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice. (11. March 1851)

American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. (11. March 1861)

The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. (11. March 1864)

The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris. (11. March 1867)

Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. (11. March 1872)

Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom (11. March 1879)

The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. (11. March 1888)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned. The first US Navy "super-dreadnought". (11. March 1916)

World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude. (11. March 1917)