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 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 24   Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor in the year 1811.  

Oct 27   Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) in the year 1811.  

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

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

Nov 05   In the year 1811 el Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 08   In the year 1811 charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47  

Nov 10   In the year 1811 louis Kufferath, composer  

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

Nov 11   On this day in history cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain  

Nov 13   On this day in history yuri Arnold, composer  

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

Nov 21   Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34 in the year 1811.  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1811 maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)  

Nov 29   Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer on this day in history.  

Dec 07   On this day in history ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54  

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

Dec 16   Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.  

Dec 16   On this day in history most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  

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   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz in the year 1811.  

Dec 26   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)  

Jan 06   In the year 1811 birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874  

Jan 09   Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born in the year 1811.  

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

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

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)  

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

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

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died in the year 1811.  

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on this day in history.  

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

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 07   On this day in history death of garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)