1811 in the United States

::Henry Clay (DR-Kentucky) (starting November 4) - Congress: [11th](11th-united-states-congress) (until March 4), [12th](12th-united-states-congress) (starting March 4) #### State governments ::data[format=table] | Governors and lieutenant governors | |---| | | :: ## Events - January 8 – An unsuccessful [slave revolt](1811-german-coast-uprising) 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. - July 9 – British explorer David Thompson posts a notice at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern-day Washington (state)) claiming the area for the United Kingdom. - October 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 7 – Battle of Tippecanoe: American troops led by William Henry Harrison defeat the Native American chief Tecumseh. - December 16 – The New Madrid earthquake in Mississippi Valley near New Madrid reverses the course of the river for a while. Other earthquakes along the fault occur on January 23, 1812, and February 7, 1812. - December 26 – The Richmond Theatre fire in Virginia kills 72 people, including the Governor of Virginia, George William Smith, and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia, Abraham B. Venable. ## Births - January 5 – Richard Brodhead, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1857 (died [1863](1863-in-the-united-states)) - January 6 – Charles Sumner, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1851 to 1874 (died [1874](1874-in-the-united-states)) - January 16 – William Alexander Richardson, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1863 to 1865 (died [1875](1875-in-the-united-states)) - January 17 – George S. Houston, Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878 and U.S. Senator from Alabama in 1879 (died [1879](1879-in-the-united-states)) - February 3 – Horace Greeley, author and statesman, founder and editor of the *New-York Tribune* (died [1872](1872-in-the-united-states)) - February 4 – Asa Biggs, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1855 to 1858 (died [1878](1878-in-the-united-states)) - February 8 – Edwin D. Morgan, 21st Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 (died [1883](1883-in-the-united-states)) - February 24 - Edward Dickinson Baker, English-born U.S. Senator from Oregon from 1860 to 1861 (died [1861](1861-in-the-united-states)) - Henry S. Lane, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1861 to 1867 (died [1881](1881-in-the-united-states)) - March 15 – Robert Allen, Union Army brigadier general (died [1886](1886-in-the-united-states)) - March 20 – George Caleb Bingham, artist, soldier and politician (died [1879](1879-in-the-united-states)) - August 6 – Judah P. Benjamin, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1853 to 1861, 1st Confederate States Attorney General, 2nd Confederate States Secretary of War, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of State (died [1884](1884-in-the-united-states)) - June 14 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and author best known for the novel *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (died [1896](1896-in-the-united-states)) - July 11 – Isaac A. Van Amburgh, animal trainer (died [1865](1865-in-the-united-states)) - December 19 – Aaron Shaw, U.S. Representative from Illinois (died [1887](1887-in-the-united-states)) ## Deaths - June 19 – Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born [1741](1741)) - August 2 – William Williams, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born [1731](1731)) ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811_in_the_United_States) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811_in_the_United_States?action=history). ::