Births on August 11

Marie François Sadi Carnot

Born on August 11, 1837

Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)

Marie François Sadi Carnot (French: [maʁi fʁɑ̃swa sadi kaʁno]; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.

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24 Mar

Black Canadians
Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
7 Nov

Elijah P. Lovejoy
In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
8 Nov

Mount Holyoke College
Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
22 Nov

Upper Canada Rebellion
Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.

Births on August 11

Marie François Sadi Carnot

Born on August 11, 1837

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Black Canadians

Elijah P. Lovejoy

Mount Holyoke College

Upper Canada Rebellion