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).
Gregorian calendar | 1811 MDCCCXI |
Ab urbe condita | 2564 |
Armenian calendar | 1260 ԹՎ ՌՄԿ |
Assyrian calendar | 6561 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1732–1733 |
Bengali calendar | 1218 |
Berber calendar | 2761 |
British Regnal year | 51 Geo. 3 – 52 Geo. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 2355 |
Burmese calendar | 1173 |
Byzantine calendar | 7319–7320 |
Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4508 or 4301 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4509 or 4302 |
Coptic calendar | 1527–1528 |
Discordian calendar | 2977 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1803–1804 |
Hebrew calendar | 5571–5572 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1867–1868 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1732–1733 |
- Kali Yuga | 4911–4912 |
Holocene calendar | 11811 |
Igbo calendar | 811–812 |
Iranian calendar | 1189–1190 |
Islamic calendar | 1225–1226 |
Japanese calendar | Bunka 8 (文化8年) |
Javanese calendar | 1737–1738 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
Korean calendar | 4144 |
Minguo calendar | 101 before ROC 民前101年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 343 |
Thai solar calendar | 2353–2354 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1937 or 1556 or 784 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1938 or 1557 or 785 |
Events of 1811
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.
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.
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.
- August 3 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps,
- 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
- 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.
- November 17 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
- 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.
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
Births
January – June
- January 9 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
- 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)
- June 17 – Jón Sigurðsson, the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement. (d. 1879)
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)
Deaths
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
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 21 – Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (suicide) (b. 1777)
- November 27 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer (b. 1719)
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