Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

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

Jul 19   On this day in history christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76   

Jul 19   On this day in history vincenz Lachner, composer   

Jul 20   On this day in history james Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)   

Jul 27   Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies   

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   Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6] on this day in history.   

Aug 12   John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 in the year 1811.   

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   Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1811 thomas Gautier, writer   

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

Sep 03   On this day in history ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 was born in the year 1811.   

Jan 09   In the year 1811 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   In the year 1811 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   On this day in history birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

Feb 23   George Washington Hewitt, composer was born in the year 1811.   

Jan 08   In the year 1811 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

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

Feb 09   Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies in the year 1811.   

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