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 Massacre
March 13 - Battle of Lissa (1811) - British fleet defeats the French one
March 25 - The Great Comet of 1811 is discovered by Honoré Flaugergues.
April 5- April 6 - Revolutionary riots in Buenos Aires.
May 14 - Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
May 16 - Battle of Albuhera
July 5 - Venezuela declares its independence from Spain.
July 11 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoire about molecular content of gases
September - First annual Rosh Hashana kibbutz (pilgrimage) of Breslov Hasidim to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, led by Nathan of Nemirov.
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
November 16 - Earthquake in Mississippi Valley near New Madrid reverses the course of the river for a while

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 30 - Robert Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (d. 1899)
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 27 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
November 21 - Zeng Guofan, Chinese official and military leader (d. 1872)
November 24 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1890)
December 21 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1882)