Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   In the year 1811 william Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)   

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

Jul 19   On this day in history vincenz Lachner, composer   

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   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) 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   In the year 1811 judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]   

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

Aug 12   John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 in the year 1811.   

Aug 17   On this day in history johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)   

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

Aug 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer   

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   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) on this day in history.   

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   William Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 30   In the year 1811 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 in the year 1811.   

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   In the year 1811 birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

Feb 23   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born in the year 1811.   

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

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   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   In the year 1811 pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83   

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)