1811
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Year 1811 (MDCCCXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
1811 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1811
MDCCCXI
MDCCCXI
Ab urbe condita 2564
Armenian calendar 1260
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Bahá'à calendar -33 – -32
Berber calendar 2761
Buddhist calendar 2355
Burmese calendar 1173
Byzantine calendar 7319 – 7320
Chinese calendar 庚åˆå¹´å二月åˆä¸ƒæ—¥
(4447/4507-12-7)
(4448/4508-11-16)
(4447/4507-12-7)
— to —
辛未年å一月åå…æ—¥(4448/4508-11-16)
Coptic calendar 1527 – 1528
Ethiopian calendar 1803 – 1804
Hebrew calendar 5571 – 5572
- Vikram Samvat 1866 – 1867
- Shaka Samvat 1733 – 1734
- Kali Yuga 4912 – 4913
Holocene calendar 11811
Iranian calendar 1189 – 1190
Islamic calendar 1225 – 1226
Japanese calendar Bunka 8
(文化8年)
(文化8年)
Korean calendar 4144
Thai solar calendar 2354
Contents
[edit] Events of 1811
[edit] January - March
January 3 - An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. January 22 - The "Casas Revolt" begins in San Antonio, Texas. 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. March 1 - Citadel Massacre: Egyptian ruler Mohammed Ali kills the last Mamluk leaders. March 13 - Battle of Lissa (1811): The British fleet defeats the French. March 22 - The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 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.
[edit] April - June
April 5- April 6 - Revolutionary riots occur in Buenos Aires. May 14 - Paraguay declares independence from Spain. May 16 - Battle of Albuera: Spain, Portugal and Great Britain defeat the French. June 9 - The Great fire of the Podil breaks out in Kiev, Ukraine.
[edit] July - September
July 5 - Venezuela declares its independence from Spain. July 11 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoire about the molecular content of gases. 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.
[edit] October - December
October 11 - Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). November - Luddite uprisings begin in northern England and the Midlands. November 6 - Battle of Tippecanoe: American troops led by William Henry Harrison defeat the Native American chief Tecumseh. December 16 - The New Madrid earthquake in 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.
[edit] Ongoing events
Argentine War of Independence (1810-1818) Black War (1804-1835) Bolivian Independence War (1809-1824) Gunboat War (1807-1814) Mtetwa Empire Expansion Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) - Peninsular War Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812
[edit] Births
[edit] January - June
January 9 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) January 17 - Joshua Abraham Norton, self-declared Emperor Norton I of the United States (d. 1880) February 3 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872) February 6 - Henry George Liddell, English clergyman (d. 1898) March 20 - Napoleon II of France (d. 1832) March 21 - Nathaniel Woodard, English eeducationalist (d. 1891) March 30 - Robert Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (d. 1899) May 11
Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese twins and sideshow performers Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)
June 14 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (d. 1896)[edit] July - December
July 18 - William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (d. 1863) August 31 - Theophile Gautier, French writer (d. 1872) September 19 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881) October 22 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist (d. 1886) October 25 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832) October 27 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first governor of Michigan (d. 1843) November 21
Zeng Guofan, Chinese official and military leader (d. 1872) Ludwig Preiss, Botanical collector (d. 1883)
November 24 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1890) December 21 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1882) date unknown
Mohammad Afzal Khan, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar (d. 1867)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January - June
January 10 - Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (b. 1764) February 26 - Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 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 and 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
[edit] July - December
July 30 - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1753) August - William Williams, signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1731) August 20 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator and military commander (b. 1729) September - Ulrich Jasper Seetzen, explorer (b. 1767) September 8 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741) October 11 - Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724) November 18 - Adam Weishaupt, German founder of the Illuminati (b. 1748) November 21 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (suicide) (b. 1777) November 27 - Andrew Meikle, English engineer (b. 1719)
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