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   In the year 1811 vincenz Lachner, composer  

Jul 20   On this day in history james Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)  

Jul 27   Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed in the year 1811.  

Jul 28   On this day in history heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]  

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

Aug 12   John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 18   Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1811.  

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   On this day in history danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866  

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

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

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

Sep 03   On this day in history ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75  

Sep 03   On this day in history john Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)  

Sep 06   James Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) in the year 1811.  

Sep 06   In the year 1811 julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77  

Sep 07   In the year 1811 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   James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY) in the year 1811.  

Sep 15   Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer in the year 1811.  

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

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

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died in the year 1811.  

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

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   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies on this day in history.  

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