1811

Elisha Otis (Otis Elevator Company)

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”)

Horace Greeley (American newspaper editor)

The first steam-powered ferryboat – the “Julianna” – was put into operation by inventor John Stevens between New York and Hoboken, New Jersey.

Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

After King George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later King George IV.

The largest slave revolt in American history was launched when 500 slaves massed to fight and die for freedom. The revolt was unsuccessful and many

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