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Aegina
Aegina c.500-480 BC, marble sculptures from the temple of Aphaia discovered in 1811 and erroneously restored by Thorvaldsen . They originally decorated the pediments of the temple and represent scenes from the Trojan War. They are now in the Glyptothek at Munich. ... Read more
Barossa Valley
Barossa Valley , region of South Australia, S Australia. A major area of wine production 40 mi (64 km) NE of Adelaide , the valley was named by Colonel William Light for the British victory over the French in the Battle of Barossa (1811; now Barrosa), Spain, in which he fought. ... Read more
William Williams
William Williams 1731-1811, political leader in the American Revolution , signer of the Declaration of Independence , b. Lebanon, Conn. He served in the French and Indian War and held many public offices before becoming a Connecticut delegate (1776-78, 1783-84) to the Continental Congress. ... Read more
Johann Peter Hebel
Johann Peter Hebel , 1760-1826, German short-story writer and dialect poet. Editor of Der rheinländische Hausfreund [Rhineland home companion] from 1801 to 1811, Hebel gained popularity as author of realistic, often humorous folk anecdotes with overtones of Christian ethic. A collection of th... Read more
Sir George Prevost
Sir George Prevost , 1767-1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811-15). He held several administrative posts in the West Indies before becoming (1808) lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. In 1811 he became governor in Canada and was conspicuous for his conciliation of the French Ca... Read more
Napoleon II
Napoleon II 1811-32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise , known as the king of Rome (1811-14), as the prince of Parma (1814-18), and after that as the duke of Reichstadt. Napoleon's abdication in 1815 was in favor of his son, so that he was known to the Bonapartists as Napoleon II, although he nev... Read more
Dominique François Arago
Dominique François Arago , 1786-1853, French physicist and astronomer. He is noted for his discoveries in magnetism and optics as well as for his astronomical observations. Arago was an ardent supporter of the wave theory of light. In 1811 he invented the polariscope and later developed a pol... Read more
Athabasca Pass
Athabasca Pass 5,736 ft (1,748 m) high, W Alta. and E British Columbia, Canada, leading from the headwaters of the Athabasca River across the Continental Divide to the Columbia River. It was discovered by David Thompson, a Canadian fur trader, or one of his agents c.1811, and for the next 50 years ... Read more
Richard Cumberland
Richard Cumberland 1732-1811, English dramatist; great-grandson of the 17th-century philosopher Richard Cumberland. His family connections earned him a clerical position with the British board of trade. The author of over 40 plays, he was most successful with his sentimental comedies, the best of w... Read more
Jules Dupré
Jules Dupré , 1811?-1889, French landscape painter of the Barbizon school. He excelled in portraying dramatic and tragic aspects of nature. A frequent and honored exhibitor at the Salon, Dupré spent his last years at L'Isle-Adam, where some of his best work was done. His On the Road ... Read more

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Christian, Paul (1811-1877)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Christian, Paul (1811-1877) Pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Pitois, who wrote The History and...Practice of Magic, first published in France in 1870. He was born May 15, 1811, at Remiremont, France. His family wanted him to become a priest and...
Bray, Charles (1811-1884)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Bray, Charles (1811-1884) British philosopher and author born in Coventry, England, on January 31, 1811. His father was a ribbon manufacturer and he too learned the trade, taking over the business in 1835. As a young man he became interested...
Scott, David (1806-1849) and William Bell(1811-1890)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Scott, David (1806-1849) and William Bell(1811-1890) These two brothers displayed unusual talent in the...also born in Edinburgh, his birth date being September 12, 1811. His career was very different from David's, for he won...
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Famous American political writer, editor of the New York Tribune, and an important figure in early American Spiritualism...
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) This noted novelist was introduced to the phenomena of Spiritualism during a lecture tour in the United States, when...
Nicolai, Christoph Friedrich (1733-1811)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Nicolai, Christoph Friedrich (1733-1811) German critic, novelist, and bookseller of Berlin, who is of special interest from the occult point of view because of his...
Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf (1744–1811)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf (1744 – 1811) Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, a German theologian, education...Germany, in 1744, and died in Schnepfenthal, Germany, in 1811. Salzmann began his pedagogical literary activity while he...
Nominations and Succession of the Justices
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...26 Jan. 1796 C 27 Jan. 1796 4 Feb. 1796 D 19 June 1811 15 Oliver Ellsworth 3 Mar. 1796 C 4 Mar. 1796 8 Mar...1807 D 7 Feb. 1826 19 Madison Levi Lincoln 2 Jan. 1811 D 3 Jan. 1811 Alexander Wolcott 4 Feb. 1811 R 13 Feb. 1811 (9...
Joseph Story
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...shipping (1810), and assumpsit (1811). Story entered politics as a Jeffersonian Republican. From 1805 to 1811 he was a leading member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and during 1811 was Speaker. He championed judicial reform...
Peninsular War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...attempted to penetrate (Oct.-Mar., 1811). Lacking supplies, Masséna retreated into Spain (Mar.-Apr., 1811); meanwhile Soult had marched north from...Oñoro and at Albuera (May, 1811). Nevertheless, the French controlled...

Dictionary entries related to "1811"

Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws (1811, by Tecumseh)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History SLEEP NOT LONGER, O CHOCTAWS AND CHICKASAWS (1811, by Tecumseh) Tecumseh, whose name means "Panther Springing Across the Sky," was born in a small Shawnee village in western...
Moore, William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Nicholson ’ s Journal for 1810 and 1811. In 1813 Moore published his collected...in Journal of Natural Philosophy , 28 (1811), 81 – 93, also published...Biblioth é que britannique , 48 (1811), 365 – 379; Treatise on the...
Tecumseh
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Indian land to white settlers (1809–1811) and traveled south in 1811 to persuade the southeastern tribes to join his confederacy...victory over the Indians at Tippecanoe (November 7, 1811). Tecumseh returned to the Northwest in 1812 and...
Banking
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...were twenty-eight state-chartered banks, and by 1811 there were eighty-eight. Alexander Hamilton's financial...responsible for the narrow defeat of a bill to recharter it in 1811. Between 1811 and 1816, both people and government were dependent...
Rossini, Gioachino Antonio
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...matrimonio (1810); L'equivoco stravagante (1811); L'inganno felice (1811); Ciro in Babilonia (1812); La scala di seta...pianto d'armonia (1808); La morte di Didone (1811); Partenope (1819); Il vero omaggio (1823...
Romanticism in Literature and Politics
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...problematic Heinrich von Kleist (1777 – 1811). Romanticism in France arguably lasted longer...decade, including Th é ophile Gautier (1811-1872), Alfred Vigny (1811 – 1872), Alfred de Musset (1810...
Dulong, Pierre Louis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...bad health. His first teaching post (1811) was at the É cole Normale, and...xE9; t é d ’ Arcueil (1811) and the Soci é t é Philomatique...the First Class of the Institute in July 1811, provided a striking confirmation of Berthollet...
Astronomer Royal
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...Nathaniel Bliss (1700–1764) 1762–4 Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811) 1765–1811 John Pond (1767–1836) 1811–35 George B. Airy (1801–92) 1835–81 William H...
Gwilt, Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Treatise on the Equilibrium of Arches (1811), an edition of Chambers 's Treatise...out by his son, John Sebastian Gwilt (1811–90) ), with many subsequent...Bibliography Colvin (1995); Gwilt (1811, 1818, 1822, 1825, 1826, 1826 a...
Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...and vn. sonatas. Travelled to Munich 1811, where he wrote bn. conc. for court wind...Spirits ( Der Beherrscher der Geister ) (1811); Jubel-Ouvertüre (Jubilee...minor, pf. (1821); cl. concertino (1811); cl.

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The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series / Volume IV: 5 November 1811-9 July 1812 / With a supplement, 5 March 1809-19 October 1811
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Presidential Series. Volume IV: 5 November 1811-9 July 1812. With a Supplement, 5 March 1809-19 October 1811. Edited by J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne...amongst Nations" (p. 555). In December 1811 Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, soon...
CHOCOLATE LOVERS CAN INDULGE AT 1811 HOUSE.(TRAVEL-BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/15/2004; 700+ words ; ...Chocolate Week is right around the corner, and the 1811 House in Manchester, Vt., can help you indulge...For more information, call (800) 432-1811 or visit the Web site at http://www.1811 house.com. Deerfield during week The Deerfield...
A Galloway Venture: The Kirkcudbright Shipping Company, 1811-17
Magazine article from: The Journal of Transport History; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the Kirkcudbright Shipping Company, 1811-17, Dumfries and Galloway Museums Service...Kirkcudbright Shipping Company in the period 1811-17 and is derived from a prize-winning...of the Kirkcudbright Shipping Company in 1811 `was a challenge to the perceived monopoly...
POGONISELLA A NEW NAME FOR POGONIAS O'DOGHERTY 1994 (ACTINOPODA, RADIOLARIA) PREOCCUPIED BY POGONIAS LA CEPÈDE, 1801 (VERTEBRATA, ACTINOPTERYGII), NON ILLIGER, 1811 (VERTEBRATA, AVES)
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/2007; ; 537 words ; ...and later by an aves Pogonias Illiger, 1811 (p. 202). Thus, in accordance with...La Cepde, 1801, not Pogonias Illiger, 1811. The type species of Pogonisella (feminine...34. Plassan, Paris. ILLIGER, C. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium...
Record Price for 1811 Chateau d'Yquem.
PR Newswire; 4/22/2008; 508 words ; ...amp; Rare Wines Ltd have sold an exceptionally rare bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem for the record price of 37,900 pounds Sterling...specialising in architecturally designed fine wine cellars. The 1811 Chateau d'Yquem is recognized by many authorities as being...
Historical home returned to 1811 for new TV show.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 2/14/2004; 700+ words ; ...decorators, three months to turn the clock back at Kentchurch to 1811. Mother-of-two Jan Scudamore jumped at the chance to host...Garway Hill in Herefordshire was redecorated and taken back to 1811 (below) forThe Regency House Party
Vandals ravage 1811 battlefield monument
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/10/2007; ; 440 words ; ...ASSOCIATED PRESS) A 90-foot marble obelisk commemorating the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe was vandalized on the anniversary of the...park's manager. The monument marks the site of the Nov. 7, 1811, battle between Indians and U.S. troops. The Indians were...
New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812 Triggered Other Quakes in Midwest; Midwestern Risk May Be Greater Than Thought.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 12/20/2001; 700+ words ; ...of America suggests that the New Madrid earthquake sequence of 1811-1812 remotely triggered a distinct sequence of earthquakes...recorded four different "second class" shocks, one in December 1811, one in January 1812, and two in February 1812. The December...
The Life and Times of Martha Laurens Ramsay, 1759-1811
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...GILLESPIE. The Life and Times of Martha Laurens Ramsay, 1759-1811. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press...adolescent. Between December 1773, when she was fourteen, and June 1811, when she died, religion became her primary arena of selfexpression...
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF ANTOINE MEISSONNIER'S PERIODICALS FOR VOICE AND GUITAR, 1811-27.
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...accompaniment, edited and published by Antoine Meissonnier from 1811 to 1827: Journal de lyre ou guitare, La lyre des jeunes demoiselles...for example, had six different addresses during the period 1811-25. The two-volume Dictionnaire of French publishers by...