Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   In the year 1811 august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68  

Oct 11   The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation in the year 1811.  

Oct 11   In the year 1811 the Juliana, the 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation  

Oct 16   Gaetano Capocci, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 17   Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) in the year 1811.  

Oct 18   In the year 1811 hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874  

Oct 22   Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist in the year 1811.  

Oct 22   In the year 1811 the birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer  

Oct 24   In the year 1811 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor  

Oct 27   Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) on this day in history.  

Oct 29   1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans in the year 1811.  

Oct 29   On this day in history the first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans  

Nov 05   El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence in the year 1811.  

Nov 05   El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence in the year 1811.  

Nov 07   Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation in the year 1811.  

Nov 07   Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet) on this day in history.  

Nov 08   On this day in history charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47  

Nov 10   On this day in history louis Kufferath, composer  

Nov 11   In the year 1811 ben McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

Nov 11   Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain in the year 1811.  

Nov 13   Yuri Arnold, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 19   John Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873 on this day in history.  

Nov 21   In the year 1811 heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34  

Nov 24   In the year 1811 ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )  

Nov 28   Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) in the year 1811.  

Nov 29   Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer in the year 1811.  

Dec 07   In the year 1811 ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54  

Dec 08   Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 16   On this day in history earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

Dec 16   Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region in the year 1811.  

Dec 17   John Antes, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1811.  

Dec 18   Alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868 in the year 1811.  

Dec 25   In the year 1811 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz  

Dec 26   A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable in the year 1811.  

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born in the year 1811.  

Jan 09   In the year 1811 birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)  

Feb 03   In the year 1811 birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")  

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)  

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883  

Feb 15   In the year 1811 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)  

Feb 23   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born in the year 1811.  

Jan 08   Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)  

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies in the year 1811.  

Mar 14   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 in the year 1811.  

Mar 19   On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65  

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 in the year 1811.  

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.  

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.