1811 - What happened in 1811 ?

January 1811

Tuesday 08:

Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.

March 1811

Friday 01:

Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.

May 1811

Tuesday 14:

Paraguay gains independence from Spain.

July 1811

Friday 05:

Venezuela is the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

Thursday 11:

Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.

October 1811

Tuesday 01:

The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Friday 11:

Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).

November 1811

Thursday 07:

Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.

December 1811

Monday 16:

The first of a series of severe earthquakes occurs, in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri in the United States.