Events in the year 1811 in Portugal.

Incumbents

Events

*11 March –

Battle of Pombal The Battle of Pombal (March 11, 1811) was a sharp but ultimately indecisive skirmish fought at the eponymous town during Marshal Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, the first in a series of lauded rearguard actions fought b ...

*12 March Battle of Redinha *14 March –

Battle of Casal Novo The Battle of Casal Novo was a rear-guard action fought on March 14, 1811, during Massena's retreat from Portugal. During this retreat a French division, under command of Michel Ney, conducted a series of sharp rear-guard actions. At Casa ...

*25 March –

Battle of Campo Maior In the Battle of Campo Maior, or Campo Mayor (an older spelling most often used in English language accounts), on 25 March 1811, Brigadier General Robert Ballard Long with a force of Anglo-Portuguese cavalry, the advance-guard of the army comm ...

*3 April – Battle of Sabugal *14 April–10 May – Blockade of Almeida

Arts and entertainment

Sports

Births

*27 January –

João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa (27 January 1811, in Lisbon – 7 January 1895, in Lisbon) was an army general who became the Prime Minister of Portugal between 14 October 1890 and 17 January 1892 in a non-partisan government organized by th ...

, prime minister (died

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

) *4 June –

Antonia Ferreira Antónia Adelaide Ferreira ( Godim, Peso da Régua, June 4, 1811 — Godim, Peso da Régua, March 26, 1896), often referred to in Portugal as "Ferreirinha", was a Portuguese businesswoman. She is known for leadership in the cultivation of port win ...

, businesswoman, known for leadership in the cultivation of port wine and for winemaking innovations (d.

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

Deaths

References

{{Year in Europe, 1811 1810s in Portugal Years of the 19th century in Portugal