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 in the year 1811.   

Oct 11   The Juliana, the 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer   

Oct 17   On this day in history albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)   

Oct 18   Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

Oct 22   In the year 1811 franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist   

Oct 22   On this day in history the birth of Franz Liszt, Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer   

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

Oct 27   Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) on this day in history.   

Oct 29   1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history the first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans   

Nov 05   El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence in the year 1811.   

Nov 05   El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence in the year 1811.   

Nov 07   Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation in the year 1811.   

Nov 07   On this day in history karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)   

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

Nov 10   Louis Kufferath, composer in the year 1811.   

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 in the year 1811.   

Nov 21   In the year 1811 heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34   

Nov 24   Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- ) in the year 1811.   

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

Nov 29   On this day in history wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer   

Dec 07   Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer in the year 1811.   

Dec 16   In the year 1811 earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage   

Dec 16   Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region in the year 1811.   

Dec 17   In the year 1811 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   In the year 1811 wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz   

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   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   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born in the year 1811.   

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   In the year 1811 frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

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

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.