* 1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.

* 1811 – Elisha Otis, American inventor and businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company ( d. 1861 )

* 1811 – Henry Bergh, American activist and writer, founder of ASPCA ( d. 1888 )

* 1765 – 1811 Nevil Maskelyne

* 1811 – 1835 John Pond

* 1741 – Samuel Chase, American justice of the Supreme Court ( d. 1811 )

The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin ( 1739 – 1811 ), in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture ( see, for example, the triumphal Arch of Titus ).

* 1811 – Alson Sherman, American politician ( d. 1903 )

* 1811 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician ( b. 1757 )

* John James Maximilian Oertel ( 1811 – 1882 ), born in Ansbach, was a Lutheran clergyman who later converted to Roman Catholicism, became a professor of German at Fordham University in the United States, and later edited and founded several newspapers in the United States, including one that would become the leading German-language newspaper in the county, Baltimore's Kirchenzeitung.

* Robert Bunsen ( 1811 – 1899 ), German chemist, after whom is named:

* Luigi Tosti ( 1811 – 97 )

Because Broadway is a true north – south route that parallels the Hudson River and preceded the grid that the Commissioners ' Plan of 1811 imposed on the island, Broadway diagonally crosses Manhattan, its intersections with avenues marked by " squares " ( some merely triangular slivers of open space ) have induced some interesting architecture, such as the Flatiron Building.

Napoleon's son Napoleon François Charles Joseph ( 1811 – 1832 ) was created king of Rome ( 1811 – 1814 ) and was later styled Napoleon II by loyalists of the dynasty, though he only ruled for two weeks after his father's abdication.

#* Napoléon ( II ) François Joseph Charles Bonaparte ( 1811 – 1832 ) Napoléon II, son of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria of the Habsburg dynasty

The University was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers ( 1748 – 1811 ), a director of the Swedish East India Company, whose ships sailed across the world to supply Europe with goods from the East.

With Minna Waldeck he also had three children: Eugene ( 1811 – 1896 ), Wilhelm ( 1813 – 1879 ) and Therese ( 1816 – 1864 ).

* Richard Cumberland ( dramatist ) ( 1732 – 1811 ), civil servant and dramatist

* 1878 – Alfred Bird, chemist ( b. 1811 )

* 1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.

In 1796 he settled in Berlin, where he became director of the national theater of Prussia, and in 1811 he was made general director of all presentations before royalty.

* Adolf Christen ( 1811 – 1883 ), court actor, theater director and theater manager

* June 9, 1811 – The Great fire of the Podil breaks out in Kiev, Ukraine.

The tomb of William I of Sicily ( the founder's father ), a magnificent porphyry sarcophagus contemporary with the church, under a marble pillared canopy, and the founder William II's tomb, erected in 1575, were both shattered by a fire, which in 1811 broke out in the choir, injuring some of the mosaics, and destroying all the fine walnut choir-fittings, the organs, and most of the choir roof.

He died in a fire in Richmond in 1811.

The borough was ultimately named for the " Washington House ", a tavern built by Revolutionary War Col. William McCullough in 1811 that was later destroyed by fire in 1869.

The fire occurred in December 1811, only three weeks after her death.

On December 26, 1811, Smith died in a fire at the

Major rebuilding took place in the village following a fire in 1811.

To the west of the castle building ( see the picture ), there is the newly reconstructed Hillebrandt building built in 1762 and destroyed by the 1811 fire ( see History ).

Unfortunately, financial and other difficulties hampered much of John Adair's map making, and not only were very few of his maps engraved during his lifetime, but most of his manuscript maps were destroyed by fire in 1811.

The last great fire damaged the town in 1811 and since then, the historic centre has retained its pattern.

Botts was killed in the tragic event of the Richmond Theater fire on December 26, 1811.

Confronted by Pryor, the couple left Richmond together on July 10, 1811, creating a scandal that shook city society.

In 1811, while staying at a boarding house in Richmond, Virginia for a performance, Eliza began spitting blood.

Around 1811 Macquarie established the five Macquarie Towns in the area: Windsor, Richmond, Castlereagh, Wilberforce and Pitt Town.

Crossing the Hawkesbury by the Sackville Ferry ( and so leaving Sydney ) is Ebenezer ( 5 km ), then some of the " Five Macquarie Towns " Wilberforce ( 15 km ), Windsor ( 20 km ), Richmond ( 25 km ), which were established by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1811.

Monroe returned to the Virginia House of Delegates and was elected to another term as governor in 1811, but only served four months.

In 1811 he purchased the estate Sully in Fairfax County, Virginia from his second cousin Richard Bland Lee.

* November 20 – Abraham B. Venable, U. S. Representative for Virginia ( d. 1811 )

It was named in honor of Colonel Arthur Campbell ( 1743 – 1811 ), a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and an officer during the American Revolutionary War .< ref >

The area to become known as " Terry " was first settled in 1811 by settlers from Virginia.

* George William Smith ( politician ) ( 1762 – 1811 ), governor of Virginia

In 1811 a man named Captain William Lynch claimed that the phrase, by then famous, actually came from a 1780 compact signed by him and his neighbors in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to uphold their own brand of law independent of legal authority.

Historic examples of intraplate earthquakes include those in Mineral, Virginia in 2011 ( estimated magnitude 5. 8 ), New Madrid in 1811 and 1812 ( estimated magnitude as high as 8. 1 ), the Boston ( Cape Ann ) earthquake of 1755 ( estimated magnitude 6. 0 to 6. 3 ), earthquakes felt in New York City in 1737 and 1884 ( both quakes estimated at about 5. 5 magnitude ), and the Charleston earthquake in South Carolina in 1886 ( estimated magnitude 6. 5 to 7. 3 ).

He was married on August 29, 1776 to Elizabeth Nicholas ( daughter of Robert C. Nicholas ), and had a total of six children, including Peyton Randolph, Governor of Virginia from 1811 to 1812.

Although Virginia has long maintained that there are no surviving records indicating any action having been taken relative to officially ratifying or rejecting the amendment, state legislative records indicate that the Virginia House of Delegates approved the amendment on February 2, 1811, but the Virginia Senate rejected the amendment on February 14, 1811.

Two years later, in 1856, the provincial governor dismissed the Liin 1811, the son of Robert Gray, a United Empire Loyalist from Virginia.

Monroe returned to the Virginia House of Delegates and was elected to another term as governor of Virginia in 1811 but served only four months.

Construction began in 1811 at Cumberland and the road reached Wheeling, Virginia ( now West Virginia ) on the Ohio River in 1818.

* Walter Jones ( Virginia politician ) ( 1745 – 1815 ), American Representative from Virginia from 1797 – 1799, and 1803 – 1811