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September 30 – The Convention of 1800, or Treaty of Mortefontaine, is signed between France and the United States of America, ending the Quasi-War. October 1 – In the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain returns Louisiana to France. U.S. President John Adams becomes the first president of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion ...
January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. January 22 – The Casas Revolt begins in San Antonio, Texas. March 4 – The charter of the First Bank of the United States expires. March 22 – The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan is presented.
1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1811th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 811th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1810s decade.
A 19th-century print of New Madrid earthquake chaos. Granger Collection, NYC. At 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, residents of the frontier town of New Madrid, in what is now Missouri, were jolted ...
The New Madrid earthquakes. In the early hours of December 16, 1811, the residents of New Madrid, a Mississippi River town once part of the Louisiana Territory, rushed from their homes as the ...
April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer. May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer and cellist, 72. July 13 – Pierre Laujon, chansonnier (b. 1727) July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer [6] August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer. August 20 – Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano, 75. September 6.
Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period.With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era, and his piano works continue to be widely performed and recorded.
