Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   In the year 1811 august R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68   

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

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

Oct 16   In the year 1811 gaetano Capocci, composer   

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

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   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   In the year 1811 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans   

Oct 29   The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans in the year 1811.   

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

Nov 05   On this day in history el Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence   

Nov 07   On this day in history battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation   

Nov 07   On this day in history karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)   

Nov 08   Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.   

Nov 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1811.   

Nov 29   Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer in the year 1811.   

Dec 07   Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer in the year 1811.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born in the year 1811.   

Jan 09   Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   In the year 1811 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.