Historical Events In 1811

Oct 07   August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 in the year 1811.   

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

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   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor   

Oct 27   Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) in the year 1811.   

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   On this day in history el Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence   

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) in the year 1811.   

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

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 in the year 1811.   

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   Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1811 ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )   

Nov 28   Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) on this day in history.   

Nov 29   In the year 1811 wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer   

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

Dec 17   John Antes, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Dec 18   In the year 1811 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.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)   

Feb 03   On this day in history birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")   

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   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer   

Jan 08   Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies in the year 1811.   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)   

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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.