Notable Historical Events - 1811
1811 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 2 |
US Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US) |
Jan 8 |
Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast |
Jan 9 |
1st Women's Golf Tournament held |
Jan 10 |
Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes |
Feb 2 |
Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF |
Feb 11 |
President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years |
Feb 20 |
Austria declares bankruptcy |
Mar 1 |
Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500 |
Mar 1 |
French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel |
Mar 25 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for his publication of the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. |
Apr 12 |
1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA |
May 14 |
Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) |
May 16 |
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. |
Jul 5 |
Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain |
Jul 11 |
Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases. |
Jul 30 |
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico. |
Sep 18 |
British expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies |
Oct 6 |
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht |
Oct 11 |
The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation |
Oct 29 |
1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans |
Nov 5 |
El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence |
Nov 7 |
Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeats the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation |
Nov 11 |
Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain |
Dec 16 |
Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage |
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. |
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