1814

1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1814th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 814th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1814, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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1814 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1814
MDCCCXIV
Ab urbe condita2567
Armenian calendar1263
ԹՎ ՌՄԿԳ
Assyrian calendar6564
Balinese saka calendar1735–1736
Bengali calendar1221
Berber calendar2764
British Regnal year54 Geo. 3 – 55 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2358
Burmese calendar1176
Byzantine calendar7322–7323
Chinese calendar癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
4510 or 4450
    — to —
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
4511 or 4451
Coptic calendar1530–1531
Discordian calendar2980
Ethiopian calendar1806–1807
Hebrew calendar5574–5575
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1870–1871
 - Shaka Samvat1735–1736
 - Kali Yuga4914–4915
Holocene calendar11814
Igbo calendar814–815
Iranian calendar1192–1193
Islamic calendar1229–1230
Japanese calendarBunka 11
(文化１１年)
Javanese calendar1740–1741
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4147
Minguo calendar98 before ROC
民前98年
Nanakshahi calendar346
Thai solar calendar2356–2357
Tibetan calendar阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1940 or 1559 or 787
    — to —
阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1941 or 1560 or 788
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January 29: Battle of Brienne

Events

January
February 1: Cagsawa Church is destroyed by eruption of Mount Mayon.
  • January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine.
  • January 3
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison surrenders to the British after ten days of bombardment.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of Metz.
  • January 5 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Puruarán: Spanish Royalists defeat Mexican Rebels.
  • January 11 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Hoogstraten: Prussian forces under Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow defeat the French.
  • January 14
  • January 19 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Ragusa: Allied siege of French town begins.
  • January 22, January 24 – War of 1812 – Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Red Sticks.
  • January 24 – War of the Sixth Coalition – First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube: Two Austrian and Württemberger corps wage an inconclusive battle against the French Imperial Guard.
  • January 27
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Ragusa: French garrison surrenders to the British and the Austrians.
    • War of 1812 – Battle of Calebee Creek: US forces under John Floyd defeat the Red Sticks in Alabama.
  • January 29 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Brienne: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against von Blücher.
  • January 31 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.

February
  • February – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, represents Britain at the Congress of Chatillon.
  • February 1
    • Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupts for the second time; more than 1,200 people die and the Cagsawa Church is destroyed.
    • Lord Byron's semi-autobiographical tale in verse The Corsair is published by John Murray in London, and sells 10,000 copies on this day.[1]
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of La Rothière: Blücher's Allied army defeats the French under Napoleon.
  • February 2 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Lesmont: French forces under Joseph Lagrange defeat the Allies.
  • February 8 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of the Mincio River: French and Italian troops under Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais fight an Austrian army to a draw.
  • February 10 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Champaubert: A French army led by Napoleon effectively destroys a small Russian corps led by Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev, opening the Six Days' Campaign.
  • February 11
    • Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Montmirail: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg in the Six Days' Campaign.
  • February 12
    • A fire destroys the Custom House in the City of London.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Château-Thierry (1814): A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg and Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken in the Six Days' Campaign.
    • Venezuelan War of Independence – Battle of La Victoria (1814): Republicans defeat Spanish Royalists.
  • February 14 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Vauchamps: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against von Blücher, the last major action of the Six Days' Campaign.
  • February 15 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Garris: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean Isidore Harispe.
  • February 17 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Mormant: A French army led by Napoleon effectively destroys a Russian division.
  • February 18 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Montereau: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against Austrian forces.
  • February 21 – The Great Stock Exchange Fraud is exposed in London.
  • February 27
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Bar-sur-Aube: An Allied army led by the Prince of Schwarzenberg is victorious against the French under Jacques MacDonald.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Orthez: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean-de-Dieu Soult.
  • February 28 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes: Two French corps led by Auguste Marmont and Édouard Mortier defeat Prusso-Russian forces.

March
March 9: The schooner Enterprise returns from the Caribbean.
  • March 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Saint-Julien: Austrian Army of the South defeats the French Army of the Rhône.
  • March 3
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Laubressel: Schwarzenberg defeats the French under MacDonald.
    • Chilean War of Independence – First Battle of Talca: Royalists defeat Chilean rebels.
  • March 4 – War of 1812 – Battle of Longwoods: American raiding party defeats British regulars and militia and Indian fighters.
  • March 7 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Craonne: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against von Blücher.
  • March 8 – War of the Sixth Coalition: A night attack by the British under Sir Thomas Graham on the French fortress of Bergen op Zoom ends in failure.
  • March 9
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Treaty of Chaumont signed by four Allied powers, deepening their alliance against France.
    • American naval schooner USS Enterprise reaches Wilmington, North Carolina, returning from participating in the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom in the Caribbean.
  • March 10 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Laon: von Blücher defeats Napoleon.
  • March 10 – March 15: – Argentine War of Independence – Battle of Martín García: The United Provinces of South America defeat the Spanish royalists.
  • March 11 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Mâcon: Austrian Army of the South defeats the French Army of the Rhône.
  • March 12 – Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême enters Bordeaux, marking the restoration of the House of Bourbon.
  • March 13 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Reims: Napoleon defeats a combined Russo-Prussian corps.
  • March 19 – Chilean War of Independence – Battle of El Quilo: Chilean rebels defeat Spanish royalists.
  • March 20
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Limonest: Austrian and Hessian forces defeat the French Army of the Rhône.
    • Chilean War of Independence – Battle of Membrillar: Chilean rebels defeat Spanish royalists.
  • March 21 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube: Allied army defeats Napoleon.
  • March 25
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Fère-Champenoise: Allied army led by Schwarzenberg defeats the French under Marmont and Mortier.
    • De Nederlandsche Bank is established.
  • March 26 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Saint-Dizier: Napoleon defeats the Russians under Ferdinand von Wintzingerode.
  • March 26 – March 27 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Jobourg: British squadron defeats and captures two French frigates.
  • March 27 – War of 1812 – Battle of Horseshoe Bend: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek Indians.
  • March 28 – War of 1812 – Battle of Valparaíso: Two British Royal Navy ships easily defeat and capture USS Essex and a sister ship off the coast of Chile.
  • March 29 – Chilean War of Independence – First Battle of Cancha Rayada: Spanish royalists defeat Chilean rebels.
  • March 30
    • War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Paris begins.
    • War of 1812 – Battle of Lacolle Mills: British garrison defeats American attack.
  • March 31
    • War of the Sixth Coalition: Coalition troops occupy Paris.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Courtrai: French forces defeat Saxons and Prussians.

April–June
  • April 6 – Napoleonic Wars – Bourbon Restoration: Louis XVIII is invited to occupy the restored French throne.
  • April 10
  • April 11 – Napoleonic Wars – Treaty of Fontainebleau: The War of the Sixth Coalition ends, and Napoleon is forced to abdicate unconditionally as Emperor of the French.
  • April 11: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
    April 12
  • April 14 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Bayonne: The Allies defeat a French sortie from Bayonne.
  • April 18/19 – Genoa surrenders to the British Royal Navy.
  • April 24 – Convention of Mantua: The Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy is returned to provisional Austrian rule.
  • April 28
    • The Ligurian Republic is revived.
    • War of 1812 – Capture of HMS Epervier by the USS Peacock.
  • May 2 – Napoleonic Wars – Declaration of Saint-Ouen: Louis XVIII of France declares his support for representative government while claiming unlimited monarchical sovereignty.
  • May 3
    • The Duke of Provence, the future Louis XVIII of France, returns to Paris.
    • Treaty of Lircay signed between Royalists and Patriots during the Chilean War of Independence.
  • May 4
    • Ferdinand VII of Spain abolishes the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning the country to absolute monarchy.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Antwerp ends in a French capitulation.
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Mainz ends as the French leave the fortress.
  • May 6 – British-American War (War of 1812) – Battle of Fort Oswego: British forces attack Fort Ontario at Oswego, New York.
  • May 14–16 – War of 1812 – American Raid on Port Dover and destruction of property.
  • May 16 – William Brown, Irish-born rebel leader and future Admiral of the Navy of Argentina, begins a blockade of Montevideo, the colonial capital of Rio de la Plata.[2]
  • May 17
    • The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway, by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
    • The occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian hands.
    • Argentine War of Independence – Battle of Buceo ends in the burning of five Spanish ships and capture of two.
  • May 27 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Hamburg ends in a French capitulation.
  • May 28
    • War of the Sixth Coalition – Barcelona is restored to Spanish Bourbon rule as the French garrison leaves the city.
    • Venezuelan War of Independence – Battle of Carabobo: Republican victory under Simón Bolívar over Spanish Royalists.
  • May 29–30 – War of 1812 – Battle of Big Sandy Creek: US forces capture British marines and sailors.
  • May 30 – Napoleonic Wars: The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning France's borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon is exiled to Elba on the same day.
  • June 4 – Charter of 1814: Louis XVIII of France issues the Charter of 1814, a written constitution that retains royal supremacy and will remain in force from 1814 to 1815 and again from 1815 to 1830.
  • June 6 – Beginning of the Allied sovereigns' visit to England: Tsar Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia sail from Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Dover on board the Royal Navy ship HMS Impregnable as guests of George, Prince of Wales, the regent during the incapacity of King George III.[3]
  • June 12 – The poem "She Walks in Beauty" is written by Lord Byron.[4]
  • June 17 – In London, Alexander, Frederick William and George exchange their ratifications of the Peace Treaty ending the war with France.[5]
  • June 20 – Gaspar de Vigodet, Spain's last colonial administrator of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (covering nearly all of modern-day Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), surrenders the city of Montevideo to independence fighters, led by General Carlos María de Alvear.[2]
  • June 21 – The secret Eight Articles of London are signed between the Great Powers, uniting the Low Countries under William I of the Netherlands.
  • June 28 – War of 1812 – Sinking of HMS Reindeer by USS Wasp.

July–September
  • July 3 – War of 1812 – Capture of Fort Erie by the Americans under Major General Jacob Brown.
  • July 5 – War of 1812 – Battle of Chippawa: American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
  • July 7 – Walter Scott's Waverley, his first prose fiction and one of the first significant historical novels in English, is published anonymously by Archibald Constable in Edinburgh, selling out in two days.[6]
  • July 13 – The Carabinieri (the national military police of Italy) is established by Victor Emmanuel, as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
  • July 19 – July 20 – War of 1812 – Siege of Prairie du Chien: British troops and Native Americans besiege and capture the frontier settlement.
  • July 19 – War of 1812 – Battle of Rock Island Rapids: British-allied tribes ambush and defeat an American expedition in Illinois.
  • July 22 – War of 1812 – The Treaty of Greenville is signed between the U.S. government and Native American tribes.
  • July 25
    • George Stephenson tests his first locomotive Blücher successfully in England.
    • War of 1812 – Battle of Lundy's Lane: Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18.00 hours; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.
  • July 26 – The Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) begins with a Swedish attack.
  • July 28 – The revived Ligurian Republic is dissolved.
  • July 29 – Swedish–Norwegian War: The invasion of Hvaler ends in a Swedish victory.
  • July 30 – The Great fire of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria destroys the town and 907 buildings.
  • August 1– The Grand Jubilee of 1814 is held in Britain, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Hanoverian Succession
  • August 2 – Swedish–Norwegian War: Battle of Lier ends in a Norwegian victory.
  • August 4
    • War of 1812 – Battle of Mackinac Island results in a British victory over an American invasion.
    • Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – Battle of Fredrikstad ends in a Swedish victory.
    • War of 1812 – The British Siege of Fort Erie begins.
  • August 5 – Swedish–Norwegian War: the Battle of Matrand ends in a Norwegian victory.
  • August 7 – Pope Pius VII decrees the bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum, reestablishing the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) all over the world, after having approved their survival and existence in Russia.
  • August 9
    • Creek War – The Treaty of Fort Jackson is signed, ending the Creek War.
    • Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – Battle of Langnes ends in a Norwegian victory.
  • August 12 – In England, the last hanging under the Black Act is carried out, of William Potter for cutting down an orchard (although the judge petitions for reprieve).
  • August 13 – The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 is signed in London, returning most possessions of the Dutch Empire acquired by the United Kingdom since 1803 to the Netherlands, although Britain retains the Cape of Good Hope and the South American settlements of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice (later consolidated as British Guiana). In addition, the British cede the island of Banca off the island of Sumatra, in exchange for the settlement of Cochin, India.
  • August 13 – September 6 – War of 1812 – Engagements on Lake Huron result in British victory.
  • August 14
    • Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – The Battle of Kjølberg Bridge ends in Swedish victory.
    • Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – The Convention of Moss is signed, ending the Swedish–Norwegian War.
  • August 24 – War of 1812 – Burning of Washington: British troops, after defeating American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg, occupy Washington, D.C., setting numerous buildings on fire, including the Capitol and Presidential Mansion.
    August 24: Burning of Washington
  • August 26 – Chilean War of Independence – Battle of Las Tres Acequias ends in victory for the forces of Jose Miguel Carrera.
  • August 31 – War of 1812 – Battle of Caulk's Field: American militia defeats British landing.
September 13: Bombardment of Fort McHenry
November 1: Anglo-Nepalese war begins

October–December

Date unknown
  • The world's first complex machine mass-produced from interchangeable parts, Eli Terry's wooden pillar-and-scroll clock, comes off the production line in Plymouth, Connecticut.[10]

Births

January–June
Heinrich Geissler

July–December
Anders Jonas Ångström
Adolphe Sax

Date unknown
  • Táhirih, Persian Bahá'í heroine (d. 1852)
  • Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist, politician (d. 1896)
  • Antoinette Nording, Swedish perfume entrepreneur (d. 1887)

Deaths

January–June
Johann Gottlieb Fichte

July–December
Matthew Flinders
Marquis de Sade

References
  1. Jones, Neal T., ed. (1984). A Book of Days for the Literary Year. London; New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01332-2.
  2. "Montevideo", in Dictionary of Battles and Sieges, Tony Jaques, ed. (Greenwood Publishing, 2007) p682.
  3. Mudie, James (1820). An Historical and Critical Account of a Grand Series of National Medals. Colburn. p. 123.
  4. Cummings, Michael J. (2008). "Byron's She Walks in Beauty." Cummings Study Guides. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  5. House of Commons (1816). Report from the Committee upon Expired and Expiring Laws. p. 6.
  6. "Waverley". Walter Scott. Edinburgh University Library. December 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. Sijapati, Alisha. "The start of the Anglo-Gorkha war". Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  8. "Vienna, Congress of", in The Americana: A Universal Reference Library (Scientific American, 1912)
  9. Pettett, David (2014). "Samuel Marsden – Christmas Day 1814. What did he say? The Content of New Zealand's first Christian Sermon". In Lange, Stuart; Davidson, Allan; Lineham, Peter; Puckey, Adrienne (eds.). Te Rongopai 1814 'Takoto Te Pai!' Bicentenary Reflections on Christian Beginnings and Developments in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aukland: General Synod Office, 'Tuia', of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. pp. 72–85.
  10. Muir, Diana (2000). "Chapter 10". Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England. ISBN 978-0-87451-909-9.
  11. "Brylinski Pawel". Astro-Databank. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  12. "Samuel Colt | American inventor and manufacturer | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  13. Torres, João Romano. "Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo)". Portugal - Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  14.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Bingham, Margaret". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  15. Day, Gary; Lynch, Jack (March 9, 2015). The Encyclopedia of British Literature, 3 Volume Set: 1660 - 1789. John Wiley & Sons. p. 922. ISBN 978-1-4443-3020-5.

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