Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   In the year 1811 the Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation   

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   On this day in history albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)   

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

Oct 22   On this day in history franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist   

Oct 22   On this day in history the birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer   

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   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 in the year 1811.   

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

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

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

Nov 13   Yuri Arnold, composer in the year 1811.   

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   Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- ) on this day in history.   

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   Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 18   Alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868 in the year 1811.   

Dec 25   On this day in history wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born in the year 1811.   

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 in the year 1811.   

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

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   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

Apr 03   On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83   

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.