Editing 1811 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 11]] &ndash; Inventor [[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|John Stevens]]' boat, the ''Juliana'', begins operation as the first [[steam]]-powered [[ferry]] service, between [[New York City]] and [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].
* [[October 17]] &ndash; The silver deposits of [[Agua Amarga]] in Chile are discovered becoming, in the following years, instrumental for the [[Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence)|Patriots]] to finance the [[Chilean War of Independence]].<ref name=Cortes2017p25>{{Cite book|title=Chañarcillo, cuando de las montañas brotó la plata|last=Cortés Lutz|first=Guillermo|publisher=[[Museo Regional de Atacama]]|series=Cuadernos de Historia |year=2017|volume=II|language=es|url=https://www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/sites/www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/files/images/articles-88574_archivo_01.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/sites/www.museodeatacama.gob.cl/files/images/articles-88574_archivo_01.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|edition=|page=25}}</ref> 
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[José Gervasio Artigas]] and 16,000 ''orientales'' leave the [[Banda Oriental]] del [[Uruguay]], to go into exile.
* [[October 26]] &ndash; The [[Argentine Government]] declares freedom of expression for the press.
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Luddite]] uprisings, in which workers destroy industrial machines, begin in [[northern England]] and the [[English Midlands|Midlands]]. According to one historian, "The first attack on textile machines by men who used the name 'General Ludd' and called themselves his followers, was on the night of 4th November 1811 in the village of [[Bulwell]], four miles north of [[Nottingham]], when a small band of men gathered in the darkness and marched to the home of a master weaver called Hollingsworth," then destroyed six of his weaving machines.<ref>{{cite book|first=Lisl|last=Klein|title=The Meaning of Work: Papers on Work Organization and the Design of Jobs|publisher=Karnac Books|year=2008|page=63}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tippecanoe]]: American troops led by [[William Henry Harrison]] defeat the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] spiritual leader Tenskwatawa, also known as The Prophet (Chief Tecumseh's brother).
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[José Miguel Carrera]], Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of [[Chile]].
* [[December 2]] &ndash; Reverend [[Samuel Marsden]] sends the first commercial shipment of wool from [[New South Wales]] to England.
* [[December 16]] &ndash; The [[New Madrid earthquake]] in the [[Mississippi Valley]], near [[New Madrid, Mississippi|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 21]] &ndash; The [[Constitution of Venezuela (1811)|first Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela]], after it declares its independence from Spain, goes into effect.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; The [[Richmond Theatre fire]] in Virginia kills 72 people, including the Governor of Virginia [[George William Smith (politician)|George William Smith]] and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia, [[Abraham B. Venable]].<ref name=Fires/>