Page 4: 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   Gaetano Capocci, composer in the year 1811.   

Oct 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist   

Oct 22   The birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer in the year 1811.   

Oct 24   Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor on this day in history.   

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   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   Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation in the year 1811.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history yuri Arnold, composer   

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

Nov 21   On this day in history heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34   

Nov 24   On this day in history ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )   

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 in the year 1811.   

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   Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1811 most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region   

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   In the year 1811 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz   

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   On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)   

Jan 06   In the year 1811 birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

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   On this day in history birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

Feb 23   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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   On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.