Historical Events In 1811

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

Oct 11   The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation in the year 1811.   

Oct 11   The Juliana, the 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation in the year 1811.   

Oct 16   On this day in history 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   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   Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor on this day in history.   

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

Oct 29   1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans on this day in history.   

Oct 29   The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   On this day in history louis Kufferath, composer   

Nov 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1811.   

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

Nov 24   In the year 1811 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   Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer in the year 1811.   

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 in the year 1811.   

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

Dec 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born on this day in history.   

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   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies in the year 1811.   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1811 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   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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