The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Blizzard of 1888">Great Blizzard of 1888</a> begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.<sup about="#mwt101" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_11#cite_note-18" id="mwog" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwow">[18]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt98" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB10"><a class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Blizzard-of-1888" id="mwB14" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Great Blizzard of 1888 | United States history"</a>. <i id="mwB18">Encyclopedia Britannica</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB2A">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB2E">8 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt98" class="Z3988" id="mwB2I" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+Britannica&amp;rft.atitle=Great+Blizzard+of+1888+%7C+United+States+history&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fevent%2FGreat-Blizzard-of-1888&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+11"></span></span>