Historical Events In 1811

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

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

Jul 19   Vincenz Lachner, composer on this day in history.  

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   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   William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 in the year 1811.  

Aug 03   Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) on this day in history.  

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] in the year 1811.  

Aug 11   Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6] in the year 1811.  

Aug 12   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1811.  

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

Aug 29   Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1811 thomas Gautier, writer  

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

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

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   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   Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history james Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)  

Sep 15   On this day in history jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer  

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

Sep 28   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)  

Jan 06   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) was born in the year 1811.  

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

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 in the year 1811.  

Feb 23   In the year 1811 birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)  

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 14   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 07   In the year 1811 death of garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)