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 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history vincenz Lachner, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 30   On this day in history 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   William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 in the year 1811.   

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   In the year 1811 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   Johann Heinrich Zang, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1811.   

Aug 29   Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Thomas Gautier, writer in the year 1811.   

Aug 31   On this day in history goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

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

Sep 03   In the year 1811 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 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   In the year 1811 jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer   

Sep 18   In the year 1811 english expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies   

Sep 28   Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician on this day in history.   

Sep 30   Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1811 birth of gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)   

Feb 03   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 23   In the year 1811 birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer   

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

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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)