Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Oct 11   The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation on this day in history.  

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

Oct 16   In the year 1811 gaetano Capocci, composer  

Oct 17   On this day in history albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)  

Oct 18   Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor  

Oct 27   On this day in history issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)  

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

Oct 29   The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 07   On this day in history karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)  

Nov 08   Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47 in the year 1811.  

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.  

Nov 11   On this day in history ben McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

Nov 11   Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain on this day in history.  

Nov 13   In the year 1811 yuri Arnold, composer  

Nov 19   On this day in history john Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873  

Nov 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)  

Nov 29   On this day in history wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer  

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   In the year 1811 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

Dec 16   Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on this day in history.  

Dec 17   In the year 1811 john Antes, composer, dies at 71  

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

Dec 25   On this day in history wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz  

Dec 26   In the year 1811 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.  

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born in the year 1811.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874  

Jan 09   Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) was born in the year 1811.  

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

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer  

Jan 08   On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies  

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 on this day in history.