- Jan 1 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
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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 Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and he is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
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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 constituent 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 novel "Waverley" published
- Jul 18 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin)
- Jul 25 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British
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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 Dutch King Willem I accepts blame in Southern defeat
- 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
Fiery Birth for Star Spangled Banner
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
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- 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 makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.