Page 2: Historical Events In 1811

Mar 20   George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) in the year 1811.   

Mar 23   In the year 1811 camille Marie Stamaty, composer   

Mar 25   Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism in the year 1811.   

Mar 30   Angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor in the year 1811.   

Mar 31   In the year 1811 robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)   

Mar 31   On this day in history the birth of Robert Bunsen, German who invented the 'Bunsen' burner   

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 in the year 1811.   

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.   

Apr 12   1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA in the year 1811.   

Apr 12   First US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

Apr 15   In the year 1811 ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

Apr 17   On this day in history ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer   

May 03   Thomas Douglas, Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson's Bay Company for a Red River colony named to be named Assiniboia in the year 1811.   

May 11   On this day in history chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins   

May 12   In the year 1811 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52   

May 14   In the year 1811 paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day)   

May 14   Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day) on this day in history.   

May 16   Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera on this day in history.   

May 18   Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas on this day in history.   

May 24   Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 in the year 1811.   

Jun 04   The birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, American novelist on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history james Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform)   

Jun 11   On this day in history charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82   

Jun 14   In the year 1811 harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

Jun 17   In the year 1811 jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends   

Jun 19   Henry Prince, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 in the year 1811.   

Jun 19   On this day in history samuel Chase, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 70   

Jun 24   In the year 1811 john Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889   

Jul 05   On this day in history venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain   

Jul 05   In the year 1811 venezuela, first South American country to gain independence from Spain   

Jul 11   On this day in history italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.   

Jul 11   On this day in history joseph Lanman, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874   

Jul 13   The birth of George G. Scott, British architect on this day in history.   

Jul 18   The birth of W.M Thackery, English novelist in the year 1811.   

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born in the year 1811.   

Jan 06   In the year 1811 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   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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