Page 3: Historical Events In 1811

Jul 18   In the year 1811 william Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)   

Jul 19   In the year 1811 christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76   

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 in the year 1811.   

Jul 28   Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies in the year 1811.   

Jul 30   Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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] in the year 1811.   

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   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 29   Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA in the year 1811.   

Aug 30   On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer   

Aug 31   Goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 12   In the year 1811 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1811.   

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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   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   In the year 1811 birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)   

Feb 08   On this day in history birth of edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883   

Feb 15   Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born in the year 1811.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

Jan 10   Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1811.   

Mar 19   Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1811.   

Apr 03   Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 in the year 1811.   

Apr 05   In the year 1811 robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies   

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