Historical Events In 1811

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

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

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

Oct 16   Gaetano Capocci, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 22   Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist on this day in history.  

Oct 22   The birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history the first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans  

Nov 05   On this day in history el Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence  

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   On this day in history karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)  

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

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer on this day in history.  

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

Nov 11   Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain on this day in history.  

Nov 13   On this day in history yuri Arnold, composer  

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

Nov 21   In the year 1811 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) in the year 1811.  

Nov 29   On this day in history wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer  

Dec 07   In the year 1811 ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54  

Dec 08   Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 16   In the year 1811 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

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   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 in the year 1811.  

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   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born in the year 1811.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)  

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

Feb 06   In the year 1811 birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)  

Feb 08   In the year 1811 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   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 in the year 1811.  

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies in the year 1811.  

Mar 14   On this day in history august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75  

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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