Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   On this day in history william Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)  

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

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   In the year 1811 miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed  

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

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

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   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] 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   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   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   Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1811.  

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 in the year 1811.  

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

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

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

Sep 28   In the year 1811 friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician  

Sep 30   Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1811.  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 14   In the year 1811 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   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.