1814

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s Years: 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 - 1814 - 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819

Table of contents

1 Events

1.1 Ongoing events

2 Year in Topic
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 heads of states

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.
April 4 or April 6 - Emperor Napoleon abdicates.
April 10 - the Duke of Wellington wins the Battle of Toulouse
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