1811 in France

"See also:"
1810 in France,
other events of 1811,
1812 in France.

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Events from the year 1811 in France.

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, decisive 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 Onoro, 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, indecisive, French tactical defeat.
*25 May - Peninsular War: Battle of Usagre, Anglo-Portuguese victory.
*28 October - Peninsular War: Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos, Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.

Births

*18 January - Édouard René de Laboulaye, jurist (d.1883).
*19 February - Jules Sandeau, novelist (d.1883).
*11 March - Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician (d.1877).
*20 March - Napoleon II of France, son of Napoleon Bonaparte (d.1832).
*17 August - Alfred-Henri-Amand Mame, printer and publisher (d.1893).
*23 August - Auguste Bravais, physicist (d.1863).
*30 August - Théophile Gautier, poet, novelist, journalist, dramatist and literary critic (d.1872).
*25 October - Évariste Galois, mathematician (d.1832).
*29 October - Louis Blanc, politician and historian (d.1882).
*30 October - Auguste-François Maunoury, Hellenist and exegete (d.1898).
*11 November - François Delsarte, musician and teacher (d.1871).
*15 November - Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais, Archbishop of Indianapolis (d.1877).
*5 December - Arthur-Marie Le Hir, Biblical scholar and Orientalist (d.1868).

Full date unknown

*Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat (d.1876).
*Henri Delaborde, art critic and painter (d.1899).
*Philippe Édouard Foucaux, Tibetologist (d.1894).

Deaths

*10 January - Joseph Chénier, poet, dramatist and politician (b.1764).
*27 January - Jean-Baptiste Huet, painter, engraver and designer (b.1745).
*13 March - Bernard Dubourdieu, Rear Admiral (b.1773).
*28 April - Jacques-André Emery, Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice (b.1732).
*15 May - François Amable Ruffin, General (b.1771).
*19 July - Raphael Bienvenu Sabatier, anatomist and surgeon (b.1732).
*20 August - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, navigator and military commander (b.1729).
*27 October - Nicolas Godinot, General (b.1765).
*17 December - Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny, dramatist (b.1757).

Full date unknown

*Jean-Simon Berthélemy, painter (b.1743).
*Jean-Baptiste Pussin, hospital superintendent (b.1746).
*Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, paper manufacturer (b.1725).

References