In History, Today on March 11

The Treaty of London was signed, ending the Bishops' Wars between England and Scotland. This treaty was part of the larger conflict that led to the English Civil War.

The Fronde, a series of civil wars in France, saw the signing of the Peace of Rueil, which temporarily ended the conflict between the French crown and the Frondeurs.

The first English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, was published in London.

Queen Anne withheld Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoed legislation.

Mary Shelley's novel 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus' was published anonymously in London.

The first performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Rigoletto' took place in Venice.

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted.

The Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern United States, eventually becoming one of the most severe recorded blizzards in U.S. history.

The first confirmed cases of the Spanish flu were reported at Fort Riley, Kansas, marking the beginning of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing the U.S. to supply Allied nations with aid and military material during World War II.

Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union, becoming the first Soviet republic to do so.

A series of coordinated bombings occurred on the commuter train system in Madrid, Spain, killing 193 people and injuring around 2,000. The attacks were carried out by an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell.

A massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, leading to widespread devastation and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.0, making it one of the most powerful ever recorded.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic as the virus spread rapidly across the world, leading to widespread health, economic, and social impacts.