1811

Events from the year 1811 in the United States.
==Incumbents==
===Federal Government===
* President: James Madison (DR-VA)
* Vice President: George Clinton (DR-NY)
* Chief Justice: John Marshall (VA)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR-MA) (until March 4), Henry Clay (DR-KY) (starting November 4)
* Congress: 11th (until March 4), 12th (starting March 4)
==Events==
* 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 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 state of Washington) 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.
==Memoriam==
* June 19 – Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (aged 70; Baltimore, MD, USA)
* August 2 – William Williams, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (aged 80; Lebanon, CT, USA)
==External links==
* 1811 in the United States
Category:United States History: Volume 4