Page 4: 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 on this day in history.   

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   Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 29   The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Nov 19   John Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)   

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

Dec 07   Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1811.   

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   Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1811.   

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

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   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 in the year 1811.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1811 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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