January 2
January 2
First censuring of a U.S. senator
Senator Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, becomes the first senator to be censured when the Senate approves a censure motion against him by a vote of 20 to seven.…
A Year In History: 1811
This Year in History:
1811
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
June 14
June 14
Writer and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe is born
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, the seventh child of Congregationalist minister Lyman Beecher. Stowe studied at private schools…
July 14
July 14
Byron returns to England after a two‑year trip
Byron returns to England on this day in 1811, after touring Europe and the Near East for two years. His travels inspire his first highly successful work, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage…
October 22
October 22
Pianist and composer Franz Liszt is born
Born on this day in 1811 in the Hapsburg Kingdom of Hungary, Franz Liszt would go on to make a name for himself not only as an important composer in…
October 30
October 30
“Sense and Sensibility” is published
On October 30, 1811, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is published anonymously. A small circle of people, including the Prince Regent, learned Austen’s identity, but most of the British public…
November 11
November 11
Ben McCulloch born
On this day in 1811, Confederate General Benjamin McCulloch is born near Rutherford City, Tennessee. Raised in Tennessee, McCulloch followed his friends Davy Crockett and Sam Houston to Texas in…
December 16
December 16
Earthquake rocks the American wilderness
In the Mississippi River Valley near New Madrid, Missouri, the greatest series of earthquakes in U.S. history begins when a quake of an estimated 8.6 magnitude on the Richter scale…
