Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   On this day in history christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76  

Jul 19   In the year 1811 vincenz Lachner, composer  

Jul 20   James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) on this day in history.  

Jul 27   Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies in the year 1811.  

Jul 30   On this day in history father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.  

Jul 31   On this day in history miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish  

Aug 02   On this day in history william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80  

Aug 03   In the year 1811 elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)  

Aug 03   Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 in the year 1811.  

Aug 06   Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] on this day in history.  

Aug 11   In the year 1811 judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]  

Aug 12   John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 in the year 1811.  

Aug 17   Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1811 johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78  

Aug 20   In the year 1811 gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

Aug 25   In the year 1811 joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

Aug 26   In the year 1811 danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866  

Aug 29   On this day in history henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA  

Aug 30   Thomas Gautier, writer on this day in history.  

Aug 31   On this day in history goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

Sep 03   Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1811.  

Sep 03   In the year 1811 john Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)  

Sep 06   In the year 1811 james Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington)  

Sep 06   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Sep 07   In the year 1811 william Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887  

Sep 08   In the year 1811 peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69  

Sep 12   In the year 1811 james Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)  

Sep 15   In the year 1811 jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer  

Sep 18   English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies in the year 1811.  

Sep 28   On this day in history friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician  

Sep 30   Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 in the year 1811.  

Oct 06   In the year 1811 french emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht  

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born in the year 1811.  

Jan 06   In the year 1811 birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874  

Jan 09   In the year 1811 birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)  

Feb 03   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born in the year 1811.  

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born in the year 1811.  

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born in the year 1811.  

Feb 23   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies  

Jan 10   In the year 1811 death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)  

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies in the year 1811.  

Mar 14   On this day in history august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75  

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83  

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.  

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.