Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   On this day in history august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68  

Oct 11   On this day in history the Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874  

Oct 22   On this day in history franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist  

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

Oct 24   Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor on this day in history.  

Oct 27   In the year 1811 issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)  

Oct 29   On this day in history 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   El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 13   In the year 1811 yuri Arnold, composer  

Nov 19   In the year 1811 john Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873  

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

Nov 24   Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- ) in the year 1811.  

Nov 28   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer  

Dec 16   Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage in the year 1811.  

Dec 16   In the year 1811 most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  

Dec 17   On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71  

Dec 18   Alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on this day in history.  

Dec 25   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz on this day in history.  

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   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 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 in the year 1811.  

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

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1811.  

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

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

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.