Page 4: 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   In the year 1811 gaetano Capocci, composer   

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   In the year 1811 franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist   

Oct 22   In the year 1811 the birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer   

Oct 24   Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor on this day in history.   

Oct 27   In the year 1811 issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 05   El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1811 karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)   

Nov 08   In the year 1811 charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47   

Nov 10   On this day in history louis Kufferath, composer   

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

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

Nov 13   Yuri Arnold, composer in the year 1811.   

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

Nov 21   Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   On this day in history ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )   

Nov 28   On this day in history maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)   

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   On this day in history earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage   

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

Dec 17   In the year 1811 john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

Dec 18   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 23   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born in the year 1811.   

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

Mar 14   In the year 1811 august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75   

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1811.   

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

Apr 05   In the year 1811 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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