Page 4: Historical Events In 1811

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

Oct 11   The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 07   On this day in history 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   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.   

Nov 11   Ben McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1811 yuri Arnold, composer   

Nov 19   On this day in history john Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873   

Nov 21   Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34 in the year 1811.   

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

Dec 08   On this day in history louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer   

Dec 16   In the year 1811 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage   

Dec 16   Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region in the year 1811.   

Dec 17   On this day in history john Antes, composer, dies at 71   

Dec 18   On this day in history alexander Sandor Asboth, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1868   

Dec 25   Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

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.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

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   In the year 1811 birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)   

Feb 08   In the year 1811 birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born in the year 1811.   

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   In the year 1811 nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies   

Mar 14   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 in the year 1811.   

Mar 19   In the year 1811 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   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.   

Apr 07   In the year 1811 death of garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)