Historical Events In 1811

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

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Gaetano Capocci, composer in the year 1811.  

Oct 17   Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 27   On this day in history issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)  

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   Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.  

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   In the year 1811 yuri Arnold, composer  

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

Nov 21   On this day in history heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34  

Nov 24   Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- ) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1811.  

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   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   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   In the year 1811 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   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born in the year 1811.  

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

Jan 09   In the year 1811 birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)  

Feb 03   In the year 1811 birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")  

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born in the year 1811.  

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1811 death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.  

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