Historical Events In 1811

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

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

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

Oct 16   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer  

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

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

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

Oct 22   On this day in history 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) in the year 1811.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 05   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47  

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.  

Nov 11   Ben McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Dec 07   Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Dec 08   On this day in history louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 25   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz in the year 1811.  

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 on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1811.  

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

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

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born in the year 1811.  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1811 birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer  

Jan 08   Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies in the year 1811.  

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   In the year 1811 frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65  

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

Apr 05   On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies  

Apr 07   In the year 1811 death of garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)