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1811 (MDCCCXI) was a common year starting
on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and
a common
year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1811th year of
the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the
811th year of the 2nd millennium,
the 11th year of the 19th century,
and the 2nd year of the 1810s decade. As of
the start of 1811, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian
calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. Contents ·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit] January–March[edit] ·
January 8 – An unsuccessful
slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James
Parishes, Louisiana.[1][2] ·
January 17 – Mexican War
of Independence: In the Battle of
Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000
troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries. ·
January 22 – The Casas Revolt begins
in San Antonio, Spanish Texas.[3] ·
February 5 – British Regency: George,
Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent, because of the perceived
insanity of his father, King George
III of the United Kingdom. ·
February 19 – Peninsular War – Battle of the Gebora: An outnumbered French force
under Édouard
Mortier routs and nearly destroys the Spanish, near Badajoz, Spain. ·
March 1 – Citadel Massacre in Cairo: Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali kills
the last Mamluk leaders. ·
March 5 – Peninsular War – Battle of Barrosa: A French attack fails, on a larger
Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish force attempting to lift the Siege of Cádiz in
Spain. ·
March 13 – Battle of Lissa: The British fleet defeats the French. ·
March 22 – The Commissioners'
Plan for Manhattan is presented. ·
March 25 – The Great Comet of 1811 is
discovered by Honoré Flaugergues. ·
March 27 – Battle of Anholt:
The British Navy defeats Denmark. ·
March 28 – Henri Christophe is proclaimed King
Henri I, turning the northern State of Haiti into the Kingdom of Haiti. April–June[edit] ·
April 5–6 – Revolutionary riots occur in Buenos Aires. ·
May 14 – Paraguay declares independence from
the Spanish Empire (recognised May 15).[4][5] ·
May 16 – Peninsular War – Battle of Albuera: Spain, Portugal and Great Britain
defeat the French. ·
May 18 – Battle of
Las Piedras near Las Piedras, Banda Oriental: The independentists of Uruguay gain their first victory. ·
June 9 – The Great Podil fire breaks
out in Kiev, Ukraine.[6] ·
June 10 – A volcanic eruption briefly
creates Sabrina Island
(Azores). ·
June 15 – The Klågerup riots erupt in Sweden. July–September[edit] ·
July 5 – Venezuela
declares its Independence from the Spanish Empire.[7] ·
July 9 – British explorer David Thompson posts
a notice at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern-day Washington (state)),
claiming the area for the United Kingdom. ·
July 11 – The Russian Empire removes Anton II, Catholicos-Patriarch
of All Georgia, from his office, placing a Russian-appointed
bishop at the head of the Georgian church. ·
July 14 ·
Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir
about the molecular content of gases. ·
David Thompson reaches
the mouth of the Columbia River,
finding Fort Astoria under
construction. ·
July 30 — Mexican War
of Independence: Priest and military leader Miguel Hidalgo
y Costilla is executed as a rebel, by the Spanish government
of New Spain.[8] ·
August 3 – Jungfrau, the third highest summit in
the Bernese Alps, is
first ascended. ·
September – Nathan of Breslov leads the first annual Rosh Hashana kibbutz (pilgrimage)
of Breslov Hasidim,
to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine. October–December[edit] ·
October 11 – Inventor John
Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the
first steam-powered ferry service, between New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey. ·
October 23 – José Gervasio Artigas and 16,000 orientales leave the Banda Oriental del Uruguay, to go into exile. ·
October 26 – The Argentine Government declares
freedom of expression for the press. ·
November 4 – Luddite uprisings, in which factory
employees destroy industrial machines, begin in northern Englandand the Midlands. According to one historian,
"The first attack on textile machines by men who used the name 'General Ludd' and called themselves his followers, was on the
night of 4th November 1811 in the village of Bulwell, four miles north of Nottingham, when a small band of men
gathered in the darkness and marched to the home of a master weaver called
Hollingsworth," then destroyed six of his weaving machines. [9] ·
November 7 – Battle of Tippecanoe:
American troops led by William Henry
Harrison defeat the Native
American spiritual leader Tenskwatawa, also known as The
Prophet (Chief Tecumseh's brother). ·
November 17 – José Miguel Carrera,
Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of
the government of Chile. ·
December 2 – Reverend Samuel Marsden sends the first
commercial shipment of wool, from New South Wales to England. ·
December 16 – The New Madrid
earthquake in the Mississippi Valley,
near New Madrid,
reverses the course of the river for a while. Other earthquakes along the
fault occur on January 23, 1812 and February 7, 1812. ·
December 21 – The first Constitution of
the Republic of Venezuela, after it declares its independence from Spain,
goes into effect. ·
December 26 – A theater fire in
Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and
the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable. Date unknown[edit] ·
The Red River Colony is founded in Manitoba, Canada.[10] Births[edit] January–June[edit] ·
January 6 – Charles Sumner, American senator, civil
rights activist (d. 1874)[11] ·
January 9 – Gilbert Abbott à
Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) ·
February 1 – Arthur Hallam, English poet (d. 1833) ·
February 3 – Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor,
and publisher (d. 1872) ·
February 6 – Henry George Liddell, English clergyman
(d. 1898) ·
February 13 – François Achille
Bazaine, French general (d. 1888) ·
February 15 – Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento, Argentinian politician, writer and father of education
(d. 1888) ·
February 16 – Béla Wenckheim,
8th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1879) ·
March 20 ·
Napoleon II of
France (d. 1832) ·
Alfred Domett,
4th Premier of New
Zealand (d. 1887) ·
March 21 – Nathaniel Woodard,
English educationalist (d. 1891) ·
March 30 or March 31 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist, inventor
(d. 1899) ·
May 5 – Francisco Robles, 6th President of Ecuador
(d. 1893) ·
May 11 ·
Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese twins and sideshow performers (d. 1874) ·
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal
Council (d. 1893) ·
May 20 – Alfred Domett, 4th
Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1887) ·
June 3 – Henry James, Sr., American theologian
(d. 1882) ·
June 8 – Carl Johan Thyselius, 3rd Prime Minister of Sweden
(d. 1891) ·
June 14 – Harriet Beecher Stowe,
American author, abolitionist (d. 1896) ·
June 17 – Jón Sigurðsson,
leader of the 19th century Icelandic
independence movement (d. 1879) ·
June 24 – John Archibald
Campbell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States (d. 1889) July–December[edit] ·
July 11 ·
Isaac A. Van Amburgh, American animal trainer (d. 1865) ·
William Robert Grove,
Welsh chemist, inventor (d. 1896) ·
July 13 – George Gilbert Scott,
British architect (d. 1878) ·
July 18 – William
Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (d. 1863) ·
August 11 – Judah P. Benjamin, Cabinet
officer of the Confederate States (d. 1884) ·
August 31 – Théophile Gautier, French writer (d. 1872) ·
September 2 – J.C. Jacobsen, Danish industrialist, founder
of Carlsberg Group (d. 1887) ·
September 13 – Emmanuel Félix
de Wimpffen, French general (d. 1884) ·
September 19 – Orson Pratt, American religious leader
(d. 1881) ·
September 30 – Augusta
of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German empress (d. 1890) ·
October 22 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer, pianist
(d. 1886) ·
Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832) ·
C. F. W. Walther, German-American theologian
(d. 1887) ·
October 27 – Stevens
Thomson Mason, first governor of Michigan (d. 1843) ·
November 21 – Ludwig Preiss, German-born British botanical
collector (d. 1883) ·
November 24 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1890) ·
November 26 – Zeng Guofan,
Chinese official, military leader (d. 1872) ·
November 28 – King Maximilian II of
Bavaria (d. 1864) ·
December 5 – Justus Carl Hasskarl, German explorer, botanist (d. 1894) ·
December 21 – Archibald
Campbell Tait, Archbishop of
Canterbury (d. 1882) Date unknown[edit] ·
Mohammad Afzal Khan,
Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar (d. 1867) Deaths[edit] Henry
Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville ·
January 10 – Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) ·
February 24 – James
Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, English noble and politician
(b. 1715) ·
February 26 – Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista,
Governor of Chile (b. 1727) ·
March 14 – Augustus
FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735) ·
April 7 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat,
politician (b. 1757) ·
May 4 – Nikolay Kamensky,
Russian general (b. 1776) ·
May 28 – Henry
Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, British minister (b. 1742) ·
June 26 – Ignacio Allende, captain of the Spanish Army
in Mexico (b. 1769) ·
July 30 – Miguel Hidalgo
y Costilla, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1753) ·
August – William
Williams, signer of the United States Declaration
of Independence (b. 1731) ·
August 31 – Louis
Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator, military commander
(b. 1729) ·
September – Ulrich Jasper Seetzen, German explorer (b. 1767) ·
September 8 – Peter Simon Pallas,
German zoologist (b. 1741) ·
September 14 – Johanna Löfblad, Swedish actor, singer (b. 1733) ·
October 11 – Johann
Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician, naturalist (b. 1724) ·
October 15 – Eva Merthen,
Finnish political activist (b. 1723) ·
November 21 – Heinrich von Kleist,
German writer (suicide) (b. 1777)[12] ·
November 27 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer (b. 1719) References[edit] 1. ^ Fessenden, Marissa. "How a Nearly Successful Slave Revolt Was
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