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 in the year 1811.   

Jul 20   James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) in the year 1811.   

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

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 in the year 1811.   

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   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] on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6] in the year 1811.   

Aug 12   On this day in history john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77   

Aug 17   In the year 1811 johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)   

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   Joseph Dana Webster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   On this day in history danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866   

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

Aug 30   In the year 1811 thomas Gautier, writer   

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

Sep 03   In the year 1811 ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75   

Sep 03   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) in the year 1811.   

Sep 06   James Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) in the year 1811.   

Sep 06   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1811 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   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   On this day in history english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies   

Sep 28   Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician in the year 1811.   

Sep 30   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1811 birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1811 death of marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764)   

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

Mar 14   August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1811.   

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.