Page 2: Historical Events In 1811

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

Mar 23   Camille Marie Stamaty, composer in the year 1811.   

Mar 25   On this day in history percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.   

Mar 30   On this day in history angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor   

Mar 31   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1811 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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 in the year 1811.   

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   On this day in history 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.   

May 11   Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins in the year 1811.   

May 12   Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1811.   

May 14   Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) in the year 1811.   

May 14   Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day) in the year 1811.   

May 16   In the year 1811 peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera   

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 in the year 1811.   

May 24   Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 07   In the year 1811 james Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform)   

Jun 11   Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 19   On this day in history henry Prince, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

Jun 19   In the year 1811 samuel Chase, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 70   

Jun 24   John Archibald Campbell, Asst Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain in the year 1811.   

Jul 05   Venezuela, first South American country to gain independence from Spain in the year 1811.   

Jul 11   In the year 1811 italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.   

Jul 11   Joseph Lanman, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 in the year 1811.   

Jul 13   In the year 1811 the birth of George G. Scott, British architect   

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   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1811.   

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born in the year 1811.   

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1811 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died in the year 1811.   

Feb 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1811.   

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.