1811
1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events February 5 - George, Prince of Wales becomes Regent because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom.He is known as the Prince Regent. This is the beginning of the period known as the English Regency. March 1 - Egyptian ruler Mohammed Ali kills the last Mamluk leaders in the Citadel MassacreMarch 25 - The Great Comet of 1811 is discovered by Honoré Flaugergues. April 5- April 6 - Revolutionary riots in Buenos Aires. May 14 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain. July 5 - Venezuela is the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. July 11 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoire about molecular content of gases 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 Midlands - Earthquake in Mississippi Valley near New Madrid reverses the course of the river for a while
- London and Westminster Chartered Gas Society founded in London
- Bolivia declares indepencence
- Uruguay revolts against Spain
Ongoing events - Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Peninsular War
Births - January 9 - Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, writer (d. 1856)
- January 17 - Joshua Abraham Norton, later Emperor Norton I of the United States (or February 14, 1819).
- February 3 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872).
- February 6 - Henry George Liddell, Dean of the Christ Church, Oxford.
- March 20 - Napoleon II of France (d. 1832)
- March 30 - Robert Bunsen, chemist, inventor: Bunsen burner (d. 1899)
- July 18 - William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (d. 1863)
- August 31 - Theophile Gautier, French writer (d. 1872)
- Rosh Hashanah - Nathan of Nemirov organizer of the first pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine by Breslov Hasidim
- September 19 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881)
- October 22 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer
- October 27 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first governor of Michigan
- November 24 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1890)
- December 21 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1882)
- Zeng Guofan, Han Chinese official and military leader of the Qing Dynasty (d. 1872)
Deaths - May 28 - Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, British minister (b. 1742)
- September 8 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741)
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