Necrology 1811
This is a list of famous people who died in 1811 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1st | Franziska von Hohenheim | morganatic second wife of Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg | 62 | |
| January 2nd | Thomas Rodney | American lawyer and politician | 66 | |
| January 8th | Francis Bourgeois | English painter and art dealer | 54 | |
| January 8th | Friedrich Nicolai | German publisher and writer | 77 | |
| 10. January | Marie-Joseph Chénier | French poet, poet and playwright | 46 | |
| 11th January | Johann Christian Stark the Elder | German gynecologist, psychiatrist and university professor | 57 | |
| January 12th | Karl Adolph Caesar | German philosopher | 66 | |
| January 16 | Eugen von Hirschfeld | German officer and freedom fighter | 26th | |
| 21th January | Jean-François Chalgrin | French architect | ||
| January 23 | Leonardo Antonelli | Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church | 80 | |
| January 26th | Johann Thomas Ludwig Wehrs | German theologian | 59 | |
| January 27th | Johann Friedrich von Bardenfleth | Danish major general | 70 | |
| January 27th | Friedrich Gottlieb Canzler | German economist, historian and geographer | 46 | |
| January 27th | Thomas Jamison | British doctor in New South Wales | ||
| 31 January | Hanns Moritz von Brühl | Saxon nobleman and manor owner, translator and draftsman, later Prussian director of the Chausseen |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Frédéric Marizy | French general of the cavalry | 45 | |
| 3 February | Johann Beckmann | German economist, farmer, technologist and university lecturer | 71 | |
| February 5th | Eliza Parsons | English writer | ||
| February 6th | Samuel McIntire | American architect and sculptor | 54 | |
| February 7th | Karl Friedrich Erhard von Legat | Prussian lieutenant general in the engineering corps | 75 | |
| February 8 | Friedrich Leopold von Ruits | Prussian lieutenant general | 74 | |
| February 9 | Joseph Marsh | American military and statesman | 85 | |
| February 9 | Nevil Maskelyne | British mathematician and astronomer | 78 | |
| February 11th | Christian Albrecht von Kielmannsegg | German lawyer, friend of Goethe's youth and president of the court and regional court for the Duchy of Mecklenburg | 62 | |
| 13th February | Joseph Eggleston | American politician | 56 | |
| 13th February | João Baptista Vieira Godinho | Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor | ||
| 13th February | Emanuel Gottlieb Light | German dike captain | 68 | |
| 13th February | Francesco Maria Locatelli | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Spoleto and Cardinal | 83 | |
| February 18 | Johann Gottlieb von Brodowsky | Royal Prussian major general and finally rank major in Warsaw | 64 | |
| February 18 | Carl Peter von Tresckow | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 17 | 68 | |
| 20. February | Adolf Gottlieb von Eyben | German lawyer and diplomat | 69 | |
| 20. February | Friedrich Christian Meuschen | German malacologist and diplomat | 91 | |
| 20. February | Johann Carl Friedrich Meyer | German pharmacist and chemist | 71 | |
| February 24th | Johann Georg Hermann Voigt | German organist and composer | 41 | |
| February 25 | Andreas Merian-Iselin | Swiss politician | 68 | |
| February 26th | Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta | Governor of Chile and President of the First Government Junta | 83 | |
| 27th of February | Andreas Bratt | Swedish mathematician and astronomer | ||
| 27th of February | Joseph Leitgeb | Austrian horn player | 78 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Jakob Christoph Scherb | Swiss politician | 74 | |
| 3 March | Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers | German botanist and doctor | 64 | |
| 4th of March | Gilles-Louis Chrétien | Inventor of the Physionotrace | 57 | |
| 4th of March | Mariano Moreno | Argentinian lawyer and politician | 32 | |
| 6th March | Karl Ludwig von Hintzenstern | Swedish major general | ||
| 6th March | Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont | Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain | ||
| 6th March | Ernst Christoph Steinhäußer | Mayor of Durlach and Wardein | ||
| 6th March | Dimitrios Varouchas | Greek freedom fighter | ||
| 7th March | Juraj Fándly | Slovak writer and priest | 60 | |
| 7th March | Johann Friedrich Schmid | German Protestant theologian | 82 | |
| 8th of March | Wilhelm Friedrich Schenck von Flechtingen | Prussian lieutenant general | 80 | |
| 8th of March | Johanna Luise von Werthern | German nobles | 59 | |
| March 11 | Georg Ludwig von Oeynhausen | Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Lieutenant General | 76 | |
| March 13th | Wolfgang-Charles de Gingins | Swiss statesman | 83 | |
| March 13th | Franz Paul by Herbert | Austrian patron of the arts | 51 | |
| the 14th of March | Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton | British politician, Prime Minister (1768–1770) | 75 | |
| 17. March | Josef Marberger | Tyrolean freedom fighter and judicial officer | 33 | |
| 19th March | František Adam Míča | Czech composer | 65 | |
| March, 20th | Charles Erskine of Kellie | Italian-Scottish Curial Cardinal | 72 | |
| March 22 | Robert Marion | American politician | ||
| March 24th | Karl Friedrich von Brüsewitz | Prussian cavalry officer, finally head of the regiment and lieutenant general | 72 | |
| March 24th | Albrecht Christoph Kayser | Librarian at the court of Thurn and Taxis in Regensburg, writer and historian | 54 | |
| 26th of March | Jan Frederik van Beeck Calkoen | Dutch mathematician, astronomer and university professor | 39 | |
| March 29 | Philipp Albrecht Christfels | German pastor | 78 | |
| March 31 | Christoph Städele | German hatter and poet | 66 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Johann Georg of Anhalt-Dessau | Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, General | 63 | |
| 2nd of April | Tomás de Figueroa | Spanish officer, royalist putschist in Chile | ||
| 3rd of April | Pieter Jozef Verhaghen | Flemish painter | 83 | |
| 4. April | Johann Caspar Häfeli | Swiss theologian and teacher | 56 | |
| April 5th | Robert Raikes | English social reformer | 75 | |
| 7th of April | Dositej Obradović | Serbian writer, philosopher, educator and educator | ||
| 7th of April | Garsewan Chavchavadze | Georgian politician and diplomat | 35 | |
| April 8th | José Martínez de Aldunate | Chilean bishop and member of the first government junta | 79 | |
| April 8th | Christoph Gottlieb von Murr | German scholar | 77 | |
| 11 April | Johann Heinrich Albert von Doeberitz | Prussian Major General in Infantry Regiment No. 18 | 72 | |
| April 14th | Heinrich Hermann Freytag | German-Dutch organ builder | 51 | |
| April 15th | Caroline Rudolphi | German educator, poet and writer | 57 | |
| 17th April | Johann Heinrich Schüle | German entrepreneur, calico manufacturer | 90 | |
| April 18 | Theodor Gustav Harder | German Protestant theologian | ||
| April 19th | Johann Heinrich Christian Erxleben | German legal scholar | 58 | |
| April 19th | Johann Conrad Fischer | Swiss entrepreneur | 89 | |
| April 24th | Ansel Hertz | Head of the Klevisch-Brandenburg Jewry | ||
| April 25 | Francis Dana | American lawyer and politician | 67 | |
| April 27 | Friedrich Theodor Rinck | German Protestant theologian, philosopher, university professor | 51 | |
| April 27 | O'Brien Smith | American politician | ||
| April 28 | Johann Baptist Drechsler | Austrian painter | 55 | |
| April 28 | Jacques-André Émery | French clergyman, superior general of the Sulpizians | 78 | |
| April, 30th | Georg Ludwig von Köller banner | Danish general and Pomeranian landowner | ||
| April, 30th | Ivan Andreevich Ostermann | Russian diplomat, statesman and Reich Vice Chancellor | 85 | |
| April | Isaac Cruikshank | Scottish caricaturist and watercolor painter | 46 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Philip Pell | American politician | 57 | |
| May 3rd | John Fraser | Scottish Nurserymen | ||
| May 3rd | Johann Jakob von Patkul | Estonian governorate aristocratic marshal | 53 | |
| May 4th | Heinrich Gottfried Bauer | German legal scholar | 77 | |
| 5th of May | Robert Mylne | Scottish architect and civil engineer | ||
| 5th of May | Hans Jacob Rieter | Swiss entrepreneur and murder victim | ||
| May 7th | Richard Cumberland | English playwright and administrator | 79 | |
| May 15 | François-Amable Ruffin | French general of the infantry | 39 | |
| May 16 | Johann Karl Leopold von Larisch | Prussian lieutenant general | 77 | |
| May 16 | François Jean Werlé | Brigadier General | 47 | |
| May 19th | Ernst Ahasverus Heinrich von Lehndorff | royal Prussian chamberlain and court master in Prussia | 84 | |
| May 27th | Jean-Baptiste Salme | French division general | 44 | |
| 28th of May | Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville | Scottish statesman and lawyer | 69 | |
| 28th of May | Franz Pompey | German printer and publisher |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 5th | Louis Montoyer | Austrian architect | ||
| June 7th | Georg Ludwig Spalding | German philologist | 49 | |
| June 10th | Karl Friedrich | Margrave of Baden; Elector of Baden; Grand Duke of Baden | 82 | |
| June 19th | Samuel Chase | Judge and Signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence | 70 | |
| June 21st | Johann Georg Friedrich von Einsiedel | Saxon statesman | 80 | |
| 23rd June | Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida | Portuguese poet, late baroque satirist | 70 | |
| 23rd June | Johann Matthias Korabinsky | Teacher, topographer and writer | 71 | |
| 23rd June | Jean-André Valletaux | French brigadier general | 37 | |
| June 24th | Phillips White | American politician | 81 | |
| June 26th | Juan Aldama | Mexican insurgent and revolutionary | 37 | |
| June 26th | Ignacio Allende | Mexican independence fighter | 42 | |
| June 26th | José Mariano Jiménez | Mexican revolutionary | 29 | |
| June 26th | Manuel Santa María | Governor of Nuevo Léon, insurgent in the Mexican War of Independence |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of July | William Chalmers | Swedish merchant and director of the Swedish East India Company | 62 | |
| July 6th | Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeyer | Prussian diplomat and Minister of Justice | 75 | |
| 8th of July | Engelbert Klüpfel | Catholic theologian | 78 | |
| July 14th | Pierre Laujon | French writer, librettist, chansonnier and member of the Académie française | 84 | |
| 17th July | Christian Schkuhr | German botanist | 70 | |
| July 19 | Raphaël Bienvenu Sabatier | French medic | 78 | |
| July 19 | Christian Gotthilf Day | German cantor and composer | 76 | |
| 20th of July | Jean-François de Bourgoing | French diplomat and writer | 62 | |
| 20th of July | Hans Christoph Ludwig von der Mülbe | Royal Prussian major general and lastly commander of Infantry Regiment No. 16 | 62 | |
| July 23 | Abraham Abramson | German medalist and mint master | ||
| July 23 | Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière | Prussian Field Marshal General of French origin and Governor General of West Prussia | 78 | |
| July 27th | George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend | British nobleman and politician | 56 | |
| July 28th | Heinrich Joseph von Collin | Austrian writer | 39 | |
| 29th of July | Richard Bache | Post Minister in the early days of the USA | 73 | |
| 29th of July | William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire | British nobleman | 62 | |
| 30th July | Jem Belcher | English boxer | 30th | |
| 30th July | Miguel Hidalgo | Mexican priest and revolutionary | 58 | |
| July 31 | Konrat Boppert | German Benedictine, priest and writer | 61 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Karl Siegmund von Hainsky | royal Prussian major general | ||
| August 2nd | William Williams | Delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress, signatory of the US Declaration of Independence | 80 | |
| August 7th | Rudolf von Otto | Austrian general | 76 | |
| August 10 | Wilhelm Ludwig Hosch | German pietistic theologian and hymn poet | 60 | |
| 12. August | John Acton | Italian politician and military of English descent | ||
| 13 August | Hinrich Just Müller | German organ builder | ||
| August 14th | Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg | Polish chamberlain and envoy as well as Estonian shipowner and landowner | 66 | |
| 15th of August | Jakob Christian Schlotterbeck | German portrait painter and engraver in the Duchy of Württemberg | 54 | |
| August 16 | Johann Gerhard Huck | German painter and engraver | ||
| 18th of August | Johann Heinrich Zang | German baroque composer | 78 | |
| 20th of August | Pompey Brigido von Bresowitz | President of the provincial administration of the Temescher Banat, governor and military commander of Trieste | 82 | |
| 20th of August | Moses Büding | Oberhof agent and bank founder in Kassel | ||
| 20th of August | Dorothea Wendling | German soprano singer and composer | 75 | |
| August 21 | Jakob Ludwig von Grape | royal Prussian officer, district administrator and chamber president | 75 | |
| August 21 | Barbara Zdunk | Justice victim | ||
| August 24th | Johann Adam Knipper the Elder | German architect and builder | 65 | |
| 26th of August | Thomas Fitzsimons | American officer and politician | ||
| August 27 | Joseph Clay | American politician | 42 | |
| August 27 | Jean-Baptiste Huet | French painter | 65 | |
| August 30th | Georg Ludwig Egidius von Koehler | Prussian officer, most recently general of the cavalry | 76 | |
| August 30th | Michel Ordener | French general and senator | 55 | |
| August 30th | Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch | Swedish military, draftsman, engraver | 41 | |
| August 31 | Louis Antoine de Bougainville | French navigator and writer | 81 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Karl Gottfried Baldauf | German mining engineer | ||
| September 3 | Ignaz Fränzl | German composer, conductor, violinist and violist | 75 | |
| September 4th | Friedrich von Buxhoeveden | German-Baltic general | 60 | |
| September 4th | Matsumura Goshun | Japanese painter | 59 | |
| September 6th | Georg Koës | Danish classical philologist | 29 | |
| September 6th | Johann Georg Lehmann | German geodesist and cartographer | 46 | |
| 7th of September | James Sloan | American politician | ||
| September 8th | Peter Simon Pallas | Naturalist and geographer | 69 | |
| September 8th | Andreyan Dmitrievich Sakharov | Russian architect | 50 | |
| 12th September | Anton Theodor von Colloredo | Archbishop of Olomouc; Cardinal priest of the Roman Catholic Church | 82 | |
| 13.september | Hans Momsen | German farmer and astronomer | 75 | |
| 16th September | Jacob Adam | Austrian engraver | 62 | |
| 16th September | Georg Friedrich von Dittmer | German merchant and banker | 84 | |
| 17th of September | Anna Margaretha Zwanziger | German serial killer | 51 | |
| September 18 | André Rigaud | Haitian politician | ||
| September 18 | Jean Trembley | Swiss mathematician and philosopher | 62 | |
| 21st September | Ferdinand Tige | Austrian General of the Cavalry and President of the Court War Council | 92 | |
| September 22 | William Lyman | American politician | 55 | |
| September 24th | Wilhelm Gottlieb Friedrich Beitler | German mathematician and astronomer | 66 | |
| September 26th | Christian Friedrich von Matthäi | German classical philologist | 67 | |
| September 27th | Ezra L'Hommedieu | American politician | 77 | |
| September 28th | Eleanor Calvert | Daughter-in-law of Martha Washington | ||
| 30. September | Mary Coke | English noblewoman and diarist | 84 | |
| 30. September | Thomas Percy | English bishop of Dromore and poet | 82 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Petrus Nicolaas Gagini | Swiss plasterer | 66 | |
| October 3 | Heinrich Gentz | German architect and Prussian building officer | 45 | |
| October 3 | Georg David Richerz | German lawyer and mayor of Lübeck | 68 | |
| 4th of October | Rudolf von Hammerstein | Hanoverian general | 76 | |
| 5th October | Samuel Maclay | American politician | 70 | |
| 5th October | James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater | Scottish nobleman, earl and peer of Scotland | 61 | |
| 9th October | Filippo Casoni | Italian cardinal, titular archbishop and cardinal secretary of state | 78 | |
| October 10th | Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn | Major general and art collector | 75 | |
| October 11th | Johann Conrad Ammann | Swiss doctor, natural history and art collector | 86 | |
| 15th October | Nathaniel Dance-Holland | British portrait painter and politician | 76 | |
| October 17th | Wilhelm Schneider | German composer and pianist | 30th | |
| the 20th of October | Franz von Wittken | Prussian officer and bearer of the Pour le Mérite | 43 | |
| October 31 | Albert Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau | Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | 61 | |
| October 31 | Christian Gotthilf Salzmann | Pedagogue | 67 | |
| October | Ulrich Jasper Seetzen | German doctor, scholar, naturalist, traveler and orientalist | 44 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Adam Moralt | German musician | 63 | |
| November 8th | Karl Christoph Foerster | Pastor and church poet | 60 | |
| November 8th | Jabez Upham | American politician | 47 | |
| November 10th | Heinrich Gottlieb Zerrenner | German writer and Protestant general superintendent | 61 | |
| November 12th | Nikolaus Betscher | German composer | 66 | |
| November 12th | August Violand | German composer | 61 | |
| 15th of November | Joseph Pignatelli | Spanish Jesuit and priest, saint of the Catholic Church | 73 | |
| November 16 | Joseph Hamilton Daviess | American Major and Indiana Vigilante Dragoons Commander | 67 | |
| November 18 | Daniel Ludwig of Crousaz | Prussian Major General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 39, Commander of Posen | 65 | |
| 20th November | Edmonda Bulla | German theater actress | ||
| 21st November | Heinrich von Kleist | German playwright, storyteller, poet and publicist | ||
| 21st November | Henriette Vogel | Friend of Heinrich von Kleist | 31 | |
| November 23 | Carl Friedrich Fintelmann | Royal gardener in the kitchen garden of Schloss Charlottenburg | 73 | |
| November 26th | Carl Philipp von Owstin | Prussian general of the infantry | 75 | |
| November 27th | Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos | Spanish statesman and writer | 67 | |
| November 27th | Andrew Meikle | Scottish inventor | ||
| November 27th | Johann Nepomuk Würth | Austrian medalist | 58 | |
| November 29th | Ernst Wilhelm von Hamilton | Prussian major general | 67 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny | French playwright, satirical poet and journalist | 54 | |
| 2. December | Jacob Matthias Schmutzer | Austrian engraver | ||
| December 4th | Johann Friedrich Funk | Swiss sculptor | 66 | |
| December 7th | Benjamin Zix | German-French painter | 39 | |
| 9th of December | Johann Christian Friedrich Flemming | German organ builder | 66 | |
| 9th of December | Friedrich Lothar von Stadion | Canon and diplomat | 50 | |
| 11th December | Ludwig Ernst von Voss | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 11 | 77 | |
| 12th of December | Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm | German writer with a focus on natural history | 53 | |
| 13th December | Wilhelm von Stutterheim | Austro-Hungarian Lieutenant Field Marshal | 41 | |
| December 16 | Samuel Daniell | British painter | ||
| December 18th | Johann Gottlieb Lindner | German educator, historian and author | 85 | |
| 20th of December | Katharina von Holstein-Beck | Daughter of Peter August Herzog von Holstein-Beck | 61 | |
| 21st December | Wilhelm Heinrich Adolf von Kalckreuth | Prussian lieutenant general | 76 | |
| 21st December | Johanne Friederike Lohmann | German writer | 62 | |
| 21st December | Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Duchess of Anhalt | 61 | |
| 21st December | Peter Parker, 1st Baronet | British admiral | ||
| 23rd of December | Pedro José Blanco | Spanish composer, organist and harpist | ||
| 24th of December | Gregorio García de la Cuesta | Spanish captain general and president of the Supreme Council of Castile | 70 | |
| 25 December | Joseph Antoine Morio | French Count and Minister of War of the Kingdom of Westphalia | 40 | |
| 25 December | Benjamin Vulliamy | English clock and chronometer maker | 64 | |
| December 26th | George William Smith | American politician | ||
| December 26th | Abraham B. Venable | American politician | 53 | |
| December 27th | Ludwig Schubart | German writer and Prussian legation secretary | 46 | |
| 30th of December | George Woodford Thellusson | British politician | 47 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Michael Boheim | German theater actor and poet | |||
| Archibald Dalzel | British slave trader, historian, adventurer and governor of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) | |||
| Benjamin Veitel Ephraim | Prussian court factor, diplomat and entrepreneur | |||
| Sally Fairfax | first love from George Washington | |||
| Fay Well | Ruler of the Champasak Empire | |||
| Gelelemend | Chief of the Lenni Lenape | |||
| John Gray | British economist | |||
| Carl Friedrich von Hamberger | Prussian lieutenant general | |||
| Johann Jakob Kohlhaas | German physician and botanist | |||
| Johann Gottfried Krug | German organ builder | |||
| Joseph Leitkrath | German Rococo painter | |||
| Jacques-Raymond Lucotte | French architect and encyclopedist | |||
| Eugene Monday | last abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach | |||
| Nu | Ruler of the Champasak Kingdom | |||
| Joseph Anton Pozzi | Ticino plasterer | |||
| Vincenzo Raimondini | Italian geologist | |||
| Jean-Arnaud Raymond | French architect | |||
| Johann Jakob Rieger | German painter and graphic artist | |||
| Said ibn Ahmad | Imam of Oman | |||
| Fidel Sporer | German sculptor of the Rococo | |||
| Johann Eberhard August von Voigt | German councilor and secret secretary | |||
| Ebenezer Zane | American pioneer, road builder and real estate speculator |