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   On this day in history the Juliana, the 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation  

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   On this day in history 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   The birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer on this day in history.  

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

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   The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans in the year 1811.  

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

Nov 05   On this day in history el Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence  

Nov 07   On this day in history battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation  

Nov 07   In the year 1811 karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)  

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

Nov 10   On this day in history louis Kufferath, composer  

Nov 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1811.  

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   Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) on this day in history.  

Nov 29   In the year 1811 wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer  

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

Dec 08   In the year 1811 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer  

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   In the year 1811 alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies  

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 14   In the year 1811 august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75  

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1811.  

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 in the year 1811.  

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