Significant 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
World Leaders in 1814
James Madison
4th US President
Napoléon Bonaparte
French Emperor
Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1814
Franz Schubert
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Henri Nestlé
Samuel ColtFamous Weddings
- Jul 25 Inventor Charles Babbage (21) weds Georgina Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Devon, England
Arthur Phillip
Marquis de Sade
William Howe