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List of events
Events from the year 1811 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 19 February –
Peninsular War:
Battle of the Gebora, French routed Spanish forces.
- 5 March – Peninsular War:
Battle of Barrosa, tactical defeat for French.
- 13 March –
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Lissa, a British naval victory.
- 25 March – The
Great Comet of 1811 is discovered by
Honoré Flaugergues.
- 3 April – Peninsular War:
Battle of Sabugal, Anglo-Portuguese victory.
- 14 April – Peninsular War:
Siege of Almeida; siege of French garrison begins.
- 3 May–5 May – Peninsular War:
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, Anglo-Portuguese victory, preventing French relief of the siege of Almeida.
- 10 May – Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida ends with escape of French garrison.
- 16 May – Peninsular War:
Battle of Albuera, an indecisive battle.
- 25 May – Peninsular War:
Battle of Usagre, Anglo-Portuguese victory.
- 25 September- Peninsular War:
Battle of El Boden, French victory.
- 28 October – Peninsular War:
Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos, Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.
Births
- 18 January –
Édouard René de Laboulaye,
jurist (died
1883)
- 19 February –
Jules Sandeau, novelist (died
1883)
- 11 March –
Urbain Le Verrier,
mathematician (died
1877)
- 20 March –
Napoleon II, son of
Napoleon Bonaparte (died
1832)
- 17 August –
Alfred-Henri-Amand Mame, printer and publisher (died
1893)
- 23 August –
Auguste Bravais, physicist (died
1863)
- 30 August –
Théophile Gautier, poet, novelist, journalist, dramatist and literary critic (died
1872)
- 25 October –
Évariste Galois,
mathematician (died
1832)
- 29 October –
Louis Blanc, politician and historian (died
1882)
- 30 October –
Auguste-François Maunoury, Hellenist and exegete (died
1898)
- 11 November –
François Delsarte, musician and teacher (died
1871)
- 15 November –
Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (died
1877)
- 5 December –
Arthur-Marie Le Hir, Biblical scholar and Orientalist (died
1868)
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 10 January –
Joseph Chénier, poet, dramatist and politician (born
1764)
- 27 January –
Jean-Baptiste Huet, painter, engraver and designer (born
1745)
- 13 March –
Bernard Dubourdieu, Rear Admiral (born
1773)
- 28 April –
Jacques-André Emery, Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice (born
1732)
- 15 May –
François Amable Ruffin, General (born
1771)
- 16 May –
François Werlé
- 12 March –
Frederik Christian Winsløw, medal engraver (1852
1852)
- 23 June –
Jean-André Valletaux
- 19 July –
Raphaël Bienvenu Sabatier,
anatomist and
surgeon (born
1732)
- 20 August –
Louis Antoine de Bougainville, navigator and military commander (born
1729)
- 27 October –
Nicolas Godinot, General (born
1765)
- 17 December –
Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny, dramatist (born
1757)
Full date unknown
See also
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