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
* 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)
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