Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) in the year 1811.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1811 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   In the year 1811 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

Aug 03   On this day in history 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   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] in the year 1811.   

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   Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   On this day in history gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

Aug 25   Joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 29   Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA in the year 1811.   

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

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

Sep 03   In the year 1811 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   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 08   In the year 1811 peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69   

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

Sep 15   In the year 1811 jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician   

Sep 30   Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 in the year 1811.   

Oct 06   French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht in the year 1811.   

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born in the year 1811.   

Jan 06   In the year 1811 birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)   

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

Feb 06   Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born in the year 1811.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.