What Happened in January 1811

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Jan 2 Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts becomes 1st US Senator censured by the body, for revealing confidential documents of President Thomas Jefferson [1]

Jan 8 Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast
Jan 9 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
Jan 10 Louisiana slaves rebel in 2 parishes

Events in 1811

Famous Birthdays

Jan 5 Cyrus Hamlin, American educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey), born in Waterford, Maine (d. 1900)
Jan 6 Charles Sumner, American leading Reconstruction senator, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1874)
Jan 9 Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)

Born in 1811