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 in the year 1811.   

Jul 19   Vincenz Lachner, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1811.   

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   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] 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   In the year 1811 johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78   

Aug 20   Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 in the year 1811.   

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 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   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) in the year 1811.   

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

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   Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1811 birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

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

Feb 03   Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man") was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies in the year 1811.   

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died in the year 1811.   

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

Mar 14   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 in the year 1811.   

Mar 19   In the year 1811 frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died on this day in history.