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 in the year 1811.   

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 in the year 1811.   

Jul 31   In the year 1811 miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish   

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) on this day in history.   

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] in the year 1811.   

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

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) in the year 1811.   

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

Aug 26   Danville Leadbetter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 in the year 1811.   

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

Aug 30   Thomas Gautier, writer in the year 1811.   

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

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

Sep 03   John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 06   Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1811.   

Sep 07   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1811 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   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   On this day in history birth of charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   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   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   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   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   On this day in history frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65   

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

Apr 05   On this day in history robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

Apr 07   Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757) died in the year 1811.