What happened in 1811?
123 recorded events in 1811, including 43 in people, 42 in wars & conflicts and 11 in economy & trade.
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Wars & Conflicts 42
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Egyptian–Wahhabi War
Conflict of 1811-1818
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Battle of Tippecanoe
1811 battle
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Battle of Albuera
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of the Gebora
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Barrosa
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Huaqui
1811 battle of the Bolivian War of Independence
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Battle of Saguntum
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Siege of Valencia
1811–1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Siege of Tarragona
1811 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Calderón Bridge
1811 battle
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Battle of Montserrat
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Siege of Figueras
1811 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Casal Novo
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of El Bodon
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Bornos
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Pombal
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Redinha
1811 battle of the Peninsular War
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Battle of Sabugal
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Blockade of Almeida
1811 blockade during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Usagre
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Foz de Arouce
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Yanbu
1811 confrontation between the Ottomans and Saudi State
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Battle of Cervera
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Cogorderos
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Campo Maior
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of San Nicolás
1811 naval battle between Spanish royalists and Buenos Aires revolutionary government
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Battle of Pla
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Siege of Montevideo
1811 siege
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Second siege of Badajoz
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Arlabán
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Paraguarí
1811 battle
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Battle of Anholt
1811 battle of the Gunboat War
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First siege of Badajoz
1811 siege during the Peninsular War
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Siege of Tarifa
1811–1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of the Danube
1811 conflict
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Siege of Olivença
1811 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Navas de Membrillo
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of El Veladero
1811 battle
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Battle of Zujar
1811 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Zacatecas
Pivotal battle in the Mexican War of Independence.
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People 43
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Peter Simon Pallas died
German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)
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Ulrich Jasper Seetzen died
German physician, naturalist, explorer and orientalist (1767-1811)
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Nevil Maskelyne died
Fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811)
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Johannes van der Kemp died
Dutch missionary
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Magdalena Ortega de Nariño died
Colombian activist (1762-1811)
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Johann Beckmann died
German philosopher, economist and agronomist
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Andrew Meikle died
Scottish engineer
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Girolamo Francesco Cristiani died
Italian engineer and economist (1731-1811)
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Robert Mylne died
Scottish architect and civil engineer (1733-1811)
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Hans Momsen died
North Frisian farmer, mathematician and astronomer
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Jean Trembley died
Genevan mathematician (1749-1811)
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Nicolas Ozanne died
French naval engineer (1728–1811)
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Albanis Beaumont died
Engraver and landscape painter
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William Green died
British Army general; (1725-1811)
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Auguste-Savinien Leblond died
French mathematician
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Patrick Wilson died
Scottish astronomer (1743-1811)
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Alexander MacKay died
Canadian fur trader and explorer (1770-1811)
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José Cardero died
Spanish artist
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Eliza Poe died
Mother of Edgar Allan Poe (1787–1811)
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Hershel of Ostropol died
Jewish prankster (1757–1811)
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Gilles-Louis Chrétien died
French cellist and engraver (1754–1811)
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Joseph Leutgeb died
Austrian musician
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Antonia Zárate died
Spanish actress
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Emilie Rosing died
Danish singer and stage actress
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Johanna Löfblad died
Swedish actress
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William Thomas Lewis died
British actor; (1746-1811)
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Franz Liszt born
Born in Raiding. Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886).
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Harriet Beecher Stowe born
Born in Litchfield. American abolitionist and author (1811–1896).
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William Makepeace Thackeray born
Born in Kolkata. British novelist (1811–1863).
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Théophile Gautier born
Born in Tarbes. French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872).
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Vissarion Belinsky born
Born in Suomenlinna. Russian literary critic (1811-1848).
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Napoleon II born
Born in Paris. The second Emperor of the French (1815).
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Urbain Le Verrier born
Born in Saint-Lô. French astronomer (1811-1877).
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento born
Born in San Juan. Argentinian politician and writer (1811-1888).
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Louis Blanc born
Born in Madrid. French politician and historian (1811-1882).
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John William Draper born
Born in St Helens. British-American academic (1811-1882).
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Karl Gutzkow born
Born in Berlin. German writer (1811-1878).
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Karel Jaromír Erben born
Born in Miletín. Czech archivist, poet, ethnographer, librettist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer (1811–1870).
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François Achille Bazaine born
Born in Versailles. French general (1811-1888).
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Jón Sigurðsson born
Born in Hrafnseyri. Leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement (1811-1879).
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Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye born
Born in former 7th arrondissement of Paris. French politician (1811-1883).
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Sengge Rinchen born
Born in Horqin Left Rear Banner. Chinese general (1811–1865).
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Victor Duruy born
Born in former 12th arrondissement of Paris. French historian and statesman (1811-1894).
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Science & Technology 4
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Teaching hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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University of Tartu Old Observatory
Former observatory of University of Tartu, Estonia, currently a museum
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Wrocław University Botanical Garden
Botanical garden
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McLean Hospital
Hospital in Massachusetts, United States
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Rimatara
Island in France
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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Godak minaret
Mosque in Shaki, Azerbaijan
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Hussite church in Žamberk
Church building in Žamberk, Czech Republic
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Cathedral of the Dormition, Rylsk
Cathedral of the Dormition, Rylsk (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Big Synagogue in Jarosław
Big Synagogue in Jarosław (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Neziner Congregation
Former Philadelphian synagogue
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Poststraße 2
Timber frames house, former synagogue, in Burgdorf, Region Hannover, Germany
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Epiphany church, Arzamas
Temple in Arzamas, Russia
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Economy & Trade 11
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SunTrust Banks
American bank holding company
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N M Rothschild & Sons
Investment company
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Uniqa Insurance Group
Austrian insurance company
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Knjaz Miloš AD
Serbian carbonated mineral water
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Novello & Co
Music publisher
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Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik
Former state owned firearms manufacturer
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Bowring Brothers
Canadian retail chain (1811–2019)
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Clinch & Co Brewery
English brewery founded in 1811
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Heimbach Group
Supplier of textiles for paper manufacturing and environmental technology
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Lloyd's Agency Network
Lloyd's Agency Network (Economy & Trade).
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Girard Bank
Philadelphia based bank
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1812 New Madrid earthquake
Series of earthquakes from December 1811 to February 1812 affecting the Louisiana Territory (now Missouri)
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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Cry of Asencio
Spanish Rebellion in Uruguay
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1811 Independence Movement
1811 revolt against Spanish rule in colonial El Salvador
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Candelária Church
Church in Rio de Janeiro
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Reformed church in Košice
Church building in Košice, Slovakia
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Glenorchy Parish Church
Church in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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St Hilda's Church, South Shields
Grade II listed building in South Shields, South Tyneside, UK
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Falkirk Old Parish Church
Church in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Church in Beltsville, Maryland, United States
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Hollis Street Church (1811)
Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America
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Empires & Countries 5
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Paraguay founded
Paraguay was founded, with its capital at Asunción.
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Kingdom of Haiti founded
Kingdom of Haiti was founded, with its capital at Cap-Haïtien.
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State of Haiti dissolved
State of Haiti ceased to exist, having been centered at Milot.
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Principality of Salm dissolved
Principality of Salm ceased to exist, having been centered at Bocholt.
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Jamkhandi State founded
Jamkhandi State was founded.
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