1811 in France
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Events from the year 1811 in France.
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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, 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.
- 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 of France, 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
- Auguste Casimir-Perier, diplomat (died 1876).
- Henri Delaborde, art critic and painter (died 1899).
- Philippe Édouard Foucaux, Tibetologist (died 1894).
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
- 23 June - Jean-André Valletaux
- 19 July - Raphael 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
- Jean-Simon Berthélemy, painter (born 1743).
- Jean-Baptiste Pussin, hospital superintendent (born 1746).
- Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, paper manufacturer (born 1725).
