WHAT HAPPENED IN 1811.
Look what happened the 1811.

The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana. (1. October 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 Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree. (26. October 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)

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

The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. (16. December 1811)

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. (26. December 1811)