MARCH 11.
1302. The marriage of Romeo Montocchio with Juliet Capelletto was solemnized at the church of the Minorites, at Citadella. These were Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
1444. The university of Paris issued a circular addressed to all the French clergy, expressing the opinion of the church, that the feast of fools, about the calends of January, was a well imagined institution, connected with Christianity, and that those who attempted to suppress it should be curst and excommunicate.
1513. John Medici elected pope and assumed the title of Leo X. From his grave appearance it was often said he seemed never to have been a child.
1544. Birthday of Torquato Tasso, styled the prince of Italian poets.
1669. The memorable eruption of Mount Etna began at sunset.
1722. John Toland, a very famous English political, polemical and miscellaneous writer and antiquary, died at Putney.
1732. Peter Chirac, a French author and physician to the king, died.
1732. Kouli Khan, usurped the Persian throne.
1738. It was ascertained that 12,000 persons were convicted in London in a few months for selling gin without a license, and 3,000 paid a fine of £10 rather than be committed to the house of correction.