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   Gaetano Capocci, composer in the year 1811.  

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

Oct 18   Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.  

Oct 22   Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist in the year 1811.  

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

Oct 24   In the year 1811 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor  

Oct 27   Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 29   On this day in history 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   Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer on this day in history.  

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

Nov 11   On this day in history cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain  

Nov 13   Yuri Arnold, composer in the year 1811.  

Nov 19   In the year 1811 john Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873  

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

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

Nov 28   Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) in the year 1811.  

Nov 29   On this day in history wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer  

Dec 07   On this day in history ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54  

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

Dec 16   On this day in history earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage  

Dec 16   In the year 1811 most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  

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   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz in the year 1811.  

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   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   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   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   On this day in history birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer  

Jan 08   In the year 1811 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies  

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died in the year 1811.  

Feb 09   In the year 1811 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   In the year 1811 frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65  

Apr 03   In the year 1811 pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83  

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.  

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