Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 in the year 1811.  

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

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

Oct 16   In the year 1811 gaetano Capocci, composer  

Oct 17   In the year 1811 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   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   On this day in history 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   El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence in the year 1811.  

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   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   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.  

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

Nov 11   In the year 1811 cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain  

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

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

Dec 07   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1811.  

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)  

Jan 06   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   On this day in history birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")  

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 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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83  

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

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