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   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   On this day in history 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   The birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 29   In the year 1811 the first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans  

Nov 05   El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence in the year 1811.  

Nov 05   In the year 1811 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   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   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   In the year 1811 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) in the year 1811.  

Nov 29   Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer on this day in history.  

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

Dec 16   On this day in history most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 25   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz in the year 1811.  

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   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1811.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1811 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 in the year 1811.