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1814

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Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years: 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817
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1814 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1814
MDCCCXIV
Ab urbe condita 2567
Armenian calendar 1263
ԹՎ ՌՄԿԳ
Chinese calendar 4510 – 4511
癸酉 – 甲戌
Ethiopian calendar 1806 – 1807
Hebrew calendar 5574 – 5575
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 1869 – 1870
- Shaka Samvat 1736 – 1737
- Kali Yuga 4915 – 4916
Iranian calendar 1192 – 1193
Islamic calendar 1229 – 1230

1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).

Contents

Events

January

February

  • 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.
  • February 21 - Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814.

March

April

May

July

August

  • August 12 - In England, on 12th August 1814, the last hanging under the Black Act - William Potter for cutting down an orchard - even the judge petitioned for reprieve.
  • August 13 - signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814.
  • August 24 - War of 1812: British troops burn Washington, DC, The Burning of Washington.
  • August 28 - Alexandria, Virginia offers surrender to the British fleet without a fight.

September-December

  • September 11 - USS Ticonderoga is victorious in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
  • September 11-15 - American forces stop a British land/sea invasion during the Battle of Baltimore.
  • September 14 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.
  • 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.

Unknown dates

  • Missionaries attempt to write down the Maori language.
  • George Stephenson designs his first locomotive Blutcher.
  • 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.
  • Guyana transferred from Netherlands to Britain; it is renamed "British Guiana".

Ongoing events

Births

  • January 27 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (b. 1879)
  • February 18 - Samuel Fenton Cary, American politician and temperance activist (d. 1900)
  • March 9 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, nationalist, and founder of the Ukrainian language (d. 1861)
  • April 3 - Lorenzo Snow, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)
  • April 21 - Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906)
  • May 12 - Adolf von Henselt, German composer
  • May 30 - Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876)
  • August 8 - Esther Morris, American suffragist and judge (d. 1902)
  • August 10 - Henri Nestlé, German-born Swiss chocolate magnate (d. 1890)
  • August 13 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
  • August 28 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
  • September 2 - Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1896)
  • September 8 - Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)
  • October 4 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
  • October 15 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer (d. 1841)
  • November 6 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker and inventor (d. 1894)
  • Táhirih, Persian Bahá'í heroine

Deaths

  • January 27 - Philip Astley, English circus promoter (b. 1742)
  • March 28 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French inventor (b. 1838)
  • April 12 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
  • May 29 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
  • July 12 - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British general
  • July 19 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of the coasts of Australia (b. 1774)
  • August 21 - Antonio Carnicero, Spanish painter (b. 1748)
  • August 21 - Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (b. 1753)
  • August 31 - Arthur Phillip, British admiral and first governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
  • September 8 - Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and de facto ruler (b. 1752)
  • October 19 - Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright (b. 1728)
  • November 23 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
  • December 2 - Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, French writer (b. 1740)
  • December 13 - Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)

Alexander A. Johnson 04:52, 19 November 2006 (UTC)


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