WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1811
Find out what all happened April to November 1811

Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado, rang the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. (5. November 1811)

Paraguay declares independence from Spain. (15. May 1811)

Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by Jose Artigas. (18. May 1811)

Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera. (16. May 1811)

José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile. (17. November 1811)

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. (28. November 1811)

First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer. (3. August 1811)

Venezuela declares independence from Spain. (5. July 1811)

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. (30. July 1811)

The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana. (1. October 1811)

In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Onoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day. (5. May 1811)

Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). (11. October 1811)

The University of Oslo is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway. (2. September 1811)

Explorer David Thompson posts a sign at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the land for the United Kingdom. (9. July 1811)

Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor (14. May 1811)

The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree. (26. October 1811)

Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States. (7. November 1811)