Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) in the year 1811.  

Jul 19   Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1811.  

Jul 19   On this day in history vincenz Lachner, composer  

Jul 20   James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) in the year 1811.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   In the year 1811 father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.  

Jul 31   In the year 1811 miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish  

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

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

Aug 03   On this day in history sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49  

Aug 06   In the year 1811 judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]  

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   In the year 1811 johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)  

Aug 18   Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Aug 20   Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1811 henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA  

Aug 30   Thomas Gautier, writer in the year 1811.  

Aug 31   In the year 1811 goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

Sep 03   In the year 1811 ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75  

Sep 03   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history james Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington)  

Sep 06   On this day in history julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77  

Sep 07   On this day in history william Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887  

Sep 08   On this day in history peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69  

Sep 12   James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY) in the year 1811.  

Sep 15   Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1811 english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies  

Sep 28   Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician in the year 1811.  

Sep 30   In the year 1811 thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82  

Oct 06   On this day in history french emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht  

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)  

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   On this day in history birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")  

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)  

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883  

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies in the year 1811.  

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1811 nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies  

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 in the year 1811.  

Apr 03   In the year 1811 pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83  

Apr 05   On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies  

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.