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1811 deaths

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Heinrich von Kleist

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)

Peter Simon Pallas

German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)

Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla

Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)

Dositej Obradović

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

British noble (1735-1811)

Nevil Maskelyne

fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811)

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher (1744-1811)

Christoph Friedrich Nicolai

German writer (1733-1811)

Marie-Joseph Chénier

French poet, dramatist and politician (1764-1811)

Ignacio Allende

Mexican general (1769-1811)

Johann Beckmann

German philosopher, economist and agronomist

Irish Anglican bishop (1729-1811)

Jean-François Chalgrin

French architect (1739–1811)

American lawyer and politician, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1741–1811)

Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician

Thomas Fitzsimons

American politician (1741-1811)

Benjamin Vulliamy

clockmaker (1747-1811)

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

Christian Gotthilf Salzmann

German academic (1744-1811)

Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet

prime minister of Naples (1736-1811)

Ulrich Jasper Seetzen

German physician, naturalist, explorer and orientalist (1767-1811)

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden

Baltic German general (1750–1811)

mother of Edgar Allan Poe (1787–1811)

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

British aristocrat and politician (1748-1811)

Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt by birth and by marriage Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau

Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier

Russian politician, diplomat and military personnel (1725-1811)

Richard Cumberland

English dramatist and civil servant (1732–1811)

György Bessenyei

Hungarian playwright

Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana

Spanish military personnel (1761-1811)

Andreyan Zakharov

Russian architect

Gregorio García de la Cuesta

Spanish general and noble (1741-1811)

Haitian military leader (1761–1811)

Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller

Swedish painter (1751-1811)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida

Portuguese writer

Jean-François de Bourgoing

French diplomat, writer and translator

Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers

German botanist and mycologist (1746–1811)

Antonin Theodor Hrabe Colloredo-Waldsee

Austrian cardinal

Matsumura Goshun

Japanese artist (1752-1811)

Nikolay Kamensky

Russian officer

Joseph Pignatelli

Spanish Jesuit priest (1737-1811), led the restoration of the Order

English promoter of Sunday schools

José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo

Brazilian botanist (1742-1811)

Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov

Russian philanthropist (1733-1811)

William William

signer of the US declaration of independence (1731-1811)

Scottish engineer

Leonardo Antonelli

Catholic cardinal

William Chalmers

Swedish merchant (1748-1811)

Jean-Baptiste Réveillon

French wallpaper manufacturer (1725–1811)

botanist from Scotland (1750-1811)

Nathaniel Dance-Holland

English portrait painter and politician (1735-1811)

Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch

Swedish naturalist (1770-1811)

Charles Erskine

Catholic cardinal

Slovak writer and beekeeper

Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

German noblewoman; daughter of Duke Peter August of Holstein-Beck (1750-1811)

Antoine-Éléonor-Léon Leclerc de Juigné

Member of the Constituent Assembly of 1789