Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

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

Jul 19   Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1811.   

Jul 31   In the year 1811 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   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   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   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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   On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer   

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77   

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   In the year 1811 james Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)   

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

Sep 18   English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician on this day in history.   

Sep 30   In the year 1811 thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82   

Oct 06   In the year 1811 french emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht   

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)   

Feb 09   In the year 1811 nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies   

Mar 14   In the year 1811 august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75   

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 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 on this day in history.