Important Events
- Apr 11 Napoleon abdicates unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba
- May 4 King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism
- Jul 25 English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blücher
- Aug 24 British forces capture Washington, D.C. and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812)
- Oct 1 Opening of the Congress of Vienna, which redrew Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte
- Nov 1 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
- Nov 28 The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer - makes newspapers available to a mass audience
- Dec 24 Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812 between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies
1814 in Music
- Feb 27 Ludwig van Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres
Did You Know?
Francis Scott Key pens the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", later known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" while witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a ship in Baltimore harbor
On September 14, 1814
Henri Nestlé
Samuel Colt
Arthur Phillip
Marquis de Sade
William HoweWorld Leaders in 1814
James Madison
4th US President- Napoléon Bonaparte
French Emperor - Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
James Madison
Napoléon Bonaparte
Robert JenkinsonFamous People in 1814
- Franz Schubert
Composer - Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van BeethovenFamous Weddings
- Jul 25 Inventor Charles Babbage (21) weds Georgina Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Devon, England
