Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) on this day in history.   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1811 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   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   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   On this day in history johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78   

Aug 20   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1811.   

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

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   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   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) was born in the year 1811.   

Feb 03   In the year 1811 birth of horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)   

Feb 08   Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883 was born in the year 1811.   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1811 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   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   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   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.