Page 4: 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 in the year 1811.   

Oct 11   In the year 1811 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 in the year 1811.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation   

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 on this day in history.   

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- ) on this day in history.   

Nov 28   In the year 1811 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   Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1811.   

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 in the year 1811.   

Dec 25   In the year 1811 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz   

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   On this day in history birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

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

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   In the year 1811 birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   In the year 1811 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   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died in the year 1811.   

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history 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   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.