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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
Ongoing events
Year in Topic
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
heads of states
- China - Jiaqing Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (February 9, 1796 to September 2, 1820)
- Denmark - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839) and King of Norway (1808-November 4, 1814)
- France -
- Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1804-1814)
- Louis XVIII, King of France (1814-1824)
- Norway - Charles II, King of Sweden and King of Norway (November 4, 1814 to February 5, 1818)
- Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
- Prussia - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
- Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
- Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
- United States - James Madison, President of the United States (March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817)