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1811
 
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The colonists of Paraguay throw out their Spanish governor and declare independence     
1811
 
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Dora Jordan is forced to leave Bushy House after being abandoned by her royal lover, the Duke of Clarence See in Google maps   
Gillray, satirical etching of the Duke of Clarence and Mrs Jordan
British Museum

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1811
 
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An American army attacks and destroys Tecumseh's base at Prophetstown       
1812
 
   
Today's Drury Lane Theatre opens      
1812
 
Place or Object  
Turner completes the building of his villa. Initially called Solus Lodge, the name is changed to Sandycombe Lodge a year later. See in Google maps   
1812
 
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French scientist Georges Cuvier introduces scientific palaeontology with his Research on the Fossil Bones of Quadrupeds       
1812
 
    
Augustus Welby Pugin is born in London, the son of the architectural illustrator Augustus Charles Pugin       
Rosemary Hill, God's Architect, Penguin 2007

1812
 
    
Lord Castlereagh becomes British foreign secretary in Spencer Perceval's government       
1812
 
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Britain's first primary school is established by Robert Owen at New Lanark in Scotland       
1812
 
    
The British prime minister, Spencer Perceval, is assassinated in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham       
Assassination of Perceval, hand-coloured print 1812
Mary Evans Picture Library

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