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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   In the year 1811 gaetano Capocci, composer   

Oct 17   In the year 1811 albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)   

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

Oct 22   On this day in history 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   Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) in the year 1811.   

Oct 29   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47   

Nov 10   On this day in history louis Kufferath, composer   

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

Nov 11   In the year 1811 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   Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34 in the year 1811.   

Nov 24   In the year 1811 ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )   

Nov 28   Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1811 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer   

Dec 16   Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   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   In the year 1811 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   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born in the year 1811.   

Feb 23   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies   

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   On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83   

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.