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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) on this day in history.  

Aug 03   In the year 1811 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] 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   On this day in history 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   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   Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1811 henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA  

Aug 30   On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer  

Aug 31   Goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.  

Sep 03   Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1811.  

Sep 07   On this day in history william Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887  

Sep 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history french emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883  

Feb 15   In the year 1811 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   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 14   On this day in history august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75  

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

Apr 03   On this day in history pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83  

Apr 05   Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies in the year 1811.  

Apr 07   On this day in history death of garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)