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Edward William Cooke
1811Mar, 27

Edward William Cooke

Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (d. 1880)
Edward William Cooke (27 March 1811 – 4 January 1880) was an English landscape and marine painter, and gardener.

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Events on 1811

  • 5Mar

    Battle of Barrosa

    Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
  • 12Mar

    Battle of Redinha

    Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha
  • 5May

    Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

    In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.
  • 16May

    Battle of Albuera

    Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
  • 28Nov

    Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)

    Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.