October 1811

What Happened in October 1811

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Oct 6 French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte — French Emperor
Napoléon Bonaparte

Event of Interest

Oct 28 First known purchase of Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility" by the Prince Regent (later George IV), a fan

Novelist Jane Austen — Novelist
Jane Austen

Oct 29 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans

Famous Birthdays

Oct 16 Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer (Responsori), born in Rome (d. 1898)
Oct 17 Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)
Oct 18 Hugh Thompson Reid, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Union City, Indiana (d. 1874)

Franz Liszt

Oct 22 Franz Liszt, Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (Faust Symphony), born in Raiding, Hungary (d. 1886)

Composer & Pianist Franz Liszt — Composer & Pianist
Franz Liszt

Oct 24 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1885)
Oct 25 Évariste Galois, French mathematician (Group theory), born in Bourg-la-Reine, France (d. 1832)
Oct 27 Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), born in Pittstown New York (d. 1875)
Oct 27 Stevens T. Mason, First Governor of Michigan (1835-40), born in Leesburg, Virginia (d. 1843)

Famous Deaths

Oct 7 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68
Oct 11 Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724)
Oct 15 Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (b. 1735)

What Happened in 1811