“das sind doch schöne Augenblikke, indem man sieht, daß man das menschliche Herz getroffen hat, und ergreifft”

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What happened on August 11?

8 BCEHoraz died.

1748Joseph Schuster was born.

1760Franz Wilhelm Freiherr von Asbeck was born.

1760Johann August Wilhelm Hedenus was born.

1771Auguste Amalie Schmalz was born.

1777Carl Kühnel was born.

1784Moritz Müller was born.

1784Moses Jacob Hertz was born.

1801Eduard Devrient was born.

1804Carl Schlesinger was born.

1808Maria Schmidt was born.

1811Friedrich Heinrich Romig writes to Friedrich I., König von Württemberg. [View letter]

1811Work on Ouvertüre zum Beherrscher der Geister (Konzertfassung). [View diary entry]

1812Gottfried Weber writes to Johann Gänsbacher. [View letter]

1813Rehearsal of Die Schuld. [View diary entry]

1814Friedrich August Schulze writes to August Apel. [View letter]

1815Performance of Die Schweizer Familie. [View diary entry]

1815Carl Maria von Weber writes to Johann Gänsbacher. [View letter]

1815Carl Maria von Weber writes to Philipp Jungh. [View letter]

1815Carl Maria von Weber writes to Franz Joseph Fröhlich. [View letter]

1816Performance of Das Sternenmädchen im Maidlinger Walde. [View diary entry]

1816Work on Grand Duo concertant für Klavier und Klarinette Es-Dur. [View diary entry]

1817Karl Wilhelm Marschall von Bieberstein died.

1818Work on Jubel-Kantate. [View diary entry]

1820Johann Evangelist Wohlfahrtstädter died.

1820Rehearsal of Die Entführung aus dem Serail. [View diary entry]

1821Rehearsal of Cendrillon. [View diary entry]

1821Rehearsal of La repressaglia. [View diary entry]

1821Work on Die drei Pintos, scherzhafte Oper in drei Aufzügen. [View diary entry]

1822Performance of Musik zu Preciosa von Pius Alexander Wolff. [View diary entry]

1822Carl Maria von Weber writes to Adolph Martin Schlesinger. [View letter]

1822Carl Maria von Weber writes to Carl Zulehner. [View letter]

1823Rehearsal of Jean de Paris. [View diary entry]

1823Work on Euryanthe, große romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen. [View diary entry]

1823Performance of Der Freischütz, romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen. [View diary entry]

1824Rehearsal of Zelmira. [View diary entry]

1824Rehearsal of Zelmira. [View diary entry]

1825Daniel Ludwig Albrecht writes to Carl Graf von Brühl. [View letter]

1825Rehearsal of La lite sopita. [View diary entry]

1847Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns writes to Carl Banck. [View letter]

1847Friedrich August Werdy died.

1853Peters writes to Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda. [View letter]

1862Marie von Wimpffen died.

1863Carl Johann Heinrich Ernst (von) Braun died.

1882Eduard Sigl died.

1889Edward Harry William Meyerstein was born.

1902Heinrich Voigt died.

1908Albert Hermann Dietrich died.