1811 in France
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, 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 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, 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 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).
 
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- 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
 - 12 March – Frederik Christian Winsløw, medal engraver (1852 1852)
 - 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).
 
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- Jean-Simon Berthélemy, painter (born 1743).
 - Jean-Baptiste Pussin, hospital superintendent (born 1746).
 - Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, paper manufacturer (born 1725).
 
See also
    
    
References
    
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