Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

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

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   On this day in history 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   Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish in the year 1811.   

Aug 02   William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 in the year 1811.   

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 30   On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer   

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

Sep 03   Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1811.   

Sep 03   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) in the year 1811.   

Sep 06   James Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   William Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 in the year 1811.   

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   On this day in history jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer   

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

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

Sep 30   On this day in history thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82   

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   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

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

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

Mar 14   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 in the year 1811.   

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1811.   

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 on this day in history.   

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