Nov 8 Charles Ferdinand Bentinck, Dutch military officer (Governor of Suriname 1809-11), dies at 47 Nov 21 Heinrich von Kleist, German writer, dramatist and poet (Penthesilea, The Marquise of O), dies in a suicide pact at 34 Nov 27 Andrew Meikle, British mechanical engineer (b. 1719) Oct 1811 Famous Deaths by Year Dec 1811 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning