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 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Vincenz Lachner, composer in the year 1811.   

Jul 20   James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) on this day in history.   

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

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   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   On this day in history elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)   

Aug 03   On this day in history sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49   

Aug 06   Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] in the year 1811.   

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 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   Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 in the year 1811.   

Aug 25   Joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1811.   

Aug 26   On this day in history danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

Aug 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75   

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

Sep 06   In the year 1811 james Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington)   

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   Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69 in the year 1811.   

Sep 12   On this day in history james Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)   

Sep 15   Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1811 english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies   

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 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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")   

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

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1811 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

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

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