1811 in the United Kingdom

1811 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1811 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Spencer Perceval, Tory

Events

* 1 February - Bell Rock Lighthouse begins operation.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 5 February - 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.
* 13 March - Battle of Lissa - British fleet defeats the French.
* November - Luddite uprisings begin in northern England and Midlands. [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820|accessdate=2007-09-11]

Undated

* Building of Regent Street begins John Nash's development of the West End of London.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 244-245|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Publications

* Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility".

Births

* 9 January - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, writer (d. 1856)
* 6 February - Henry George Liddell, clergyman (d. 1898)
* 13 June - Owen Stanley, Royal Navy officer (d. 1850)
* 18 July - William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (d. 1863)
* 21 December - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1882)

Deaths

* 9 February - Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal (born 1732)
* 14 March - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1735)
* 7 May - Richard Cumberland, dramatist (born 1732)
* 28 May - Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, minister (born 1742)
* 27 November - Andrew Meikle, engineer (born 1719)

References

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