1814

Years: 1811 1812 1813 - 1814 - 1815 1816 1817
Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1814 in art 1814 in literature 1814 in science 1814 in music 1814 in sports List of state leaders in 1814 List of religious leaders in 1814

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 14 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden
January 29 - French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle of Brienne
January 31 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
February - Congress of Chatillon - see George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
February 1 - Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano
February 11 - Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union
February 14 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Vauchamps
February 18 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Montereau
March 7 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne
March 9 - the third USS Enterprise reaches Wilmington, North Carolina, returning from the Caribbean.
March 10 - Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France
March 27 - War of 1812: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
March 31 - Anti-Napoleonic troops occupy Paris
April 4 or April 6 - Emperor Napoleon abdicates.
April 10 - the Duke of Wellington wins the Battle of Toulouse
May 3 - Duke of Provence, future Louis XVIII of France returns to Paris
May 17 - Norway's new constitution
May 17 - Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian hands
May 30 - The First Treaty of Paris is signed returning France's borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I of France is exiled to Elba on the same day.
July 5 - War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario.
July 24 - War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara Falls, Ontario to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.
July 25 - War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane - Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americanss commences at 18.00; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.
August 13 - signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814
August 24 - War of 1812: British troops burn Washington, DC.
September 11 - USS Ticonderoga is victorious in the Battle of Lake Champlain
November 28 - London The Times newspaper becomes the first to be printed on a steam-powered press.
December 24 - peace treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812 between United States and Britain.
George Stephenson designs his first locomotive Blutcher
Alexandria, Virginia is threatened by the British fleet and pays $100,000 for immunity from attack.
John Abernethy appointed lecturer in anatomy to the Royal College of Surgeons
John Keats leaves apprenticeship to become a student at a local hospital
Sir Walter Scott writes Waverley
Guayana transferred from Netherlands to Britain
In England, the last hanging under the Black Act - William Potter for cutting down an orchard - even the judge petitioned for reprieve

Ongoing events

Births

January 27 - Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, French architect
May 30 - Michael Bakunin, anarchist (+ 1876)
August 28 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer
November 6 - Adolphe Sax, instrument maker, inventor of the saxophone

Deaths

January 27 - Philip Astley, the father of modern circus
March 28 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, inventor of the guillotine
May 29 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France
August 31 - Arthur Phillip, the first governor of New South Wales, Australia
October 19 - Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright
November 23 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America, died in office
December 2 - Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade