- Jan 1 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
Event of Interest
Jan 2 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
Lord Byron
- Jan 14 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
- Jan 22 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held in New York City
- Jan 28 Stendahl's 1st book is published
- Jan 29 War of the Sixth Coalition: Russia and Prussia are defeated by France in the Battle of Brienne
- Jan 31 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
- Feb 1 Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
- Feb 1 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
Victory in Battle
Feb 10 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert, the French beat the Russians
Napoléon Bonaparte
Music Premiere
Feb 27 Ludwig van Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres
Ludwig van Beethoven
Victory in Battle
Mar 27 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson defeats the Red Sticks, part of the Creek Indian tribe near Dadeville, Alabama
Andrew Jackson
- Mar 30 Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
- Mar 30 Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification
- Mar 31 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
- Apr 4 Napoleon abdicates for the first time in favour of his son
- Apr 5 Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes
- Apr 9 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance of the Netherlands
- Apr 11 Napoleon abdicates unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba
Event of Interest
Apr 26 King Louis XVIII lands at Calais from England
Louis XVIII
- May 4 Bourbon reign restored in France
- May 4 King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism
- May 5 British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
- May 17 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)
- May 17 Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll
- May 17 Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian
- May 30 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
- Jun 22 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC v Herefordshire
- Jul 3 Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada (War of 1812)
- Jul 5 Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
- Jul 7 Walter Scott's "Waverley" published
- Jul 18 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin)
- Jul 25 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British
Event of Interest
Jul 25 English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blücher
George Stephenson
- Aug 1 Belgian King Willem I accepts blame in Southern defeat
- Aug 7 Pope Pius VII reinstates the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
- Aug 8 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
- Aug 13 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch
- Aug 13 Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves
- Aug 24 British forces capture Washington, D.C. and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812)
- Aug 25 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books (War of 1812)
- Sep 5 -15] Battle of Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russians out of East Prussia
- Sep 11 Begun on the 6th Sept, Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh during War of 1812
- Sep 11 Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British
- Sep 12 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812
- Sep 14 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
- Sep 20 "Star Spangled Banner" published as a song, lyrics by Francis Scott Key, tune by John Stafford Smith
- Oct 1 Opening of the Congress of Vienna, which redrew Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte
- Oct 17 A Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.
- Oct 23 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)
- Oct 29 "Demologos", 1st steam-powered warship, is launched
- Nov 1 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
- Nov 7 1st sitting of States-general in Hague
- 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 14 The Battle of Lake Borgne in Louisiana: British victory over the United States
- Dec 22 Samuel Marsden of the Church Missionary Society arrives in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand to establish the country's first mission station; Sheep, cattle, horses and poultry are introduced
Treaty of Ghent
Dec 24 Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812 between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies
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- Dec 25 Reverend Samuel Marsden of the Church Missionary Society holds the first Christian service in New Zealand on land, at Rangihoua
- Dec 27 Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.