Historical Events In 1811

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

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

Jul 19   Vincenz Lachner, composer in the year 1811.  

Jul 20   In the year 1811 james Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)  

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

Jul 28   In the year 1811 heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies  

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

Jul 31   Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish in the year 1811.  

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

Aug 03   Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) in the year 1811.  

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

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

Aug 11   Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6] on this day in history.  

Aug 12   On this day in history john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77  

Aug 17   Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) in the year 1811.  

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

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

Aug 25   On this day in history 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   Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA in the year 1811.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1811 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies  

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

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   On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65  

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 in the year 1811.  

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.