Historical Events In 1814

Jul 07   Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   In the year 1814 walter Scott's "Waverley" published   

Jul 18   British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40   

Jul 19   Samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver) on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1814 ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist   

Jul 25   In the year 1814 battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British   

Jul 25   In the year 1814 charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69   

Aug 01   In the year 1814 belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat   

Aug 01   Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

Aug 07   On this day in history pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

Aug 08   In the year 1814 esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist   

Aug 08   In the year 1814 peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium   

Aug 10   In the year 1814 jacob Edvard Gille, composer   

Aug 13   Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 in the year 1814.   

Aug 24   British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks in the year 1814.   

Aug 24   In the year 1814 british sack Washington, DC, White House burned   

Aug 24   On this day in history washington, D.C. is burned by the British.   

Aug 25   British capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it) in the year 1814.   

Aug 25   On this day in history british forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books   

Aug 25   The US Library of Congress and its 3,000 books is destroyed by British troops in the year 1814.   

Sep 01   Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1814.   

Sep 02   On this day in history ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian   

Sep 05   In the year 1814 -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia   

Sep 06   In the year 1814 george Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62)   

Sep 11   Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British on this day in history.   

Sep 11   On this day in history battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British   

Sep 12   Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 on this day in history.   

Sep 13   On this day in history nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura=   

Sep 14   Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner" on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the year 1814.   

Sep 17   Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 21   "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem in the year 1814.   

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Jan 01   Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864) was born in the year 1814.   

Jan 08   In the year 1814 birth of johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Jan 10   In the year 1814 birth of aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)   

Jan 11   James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget) was born in the year 1814.   

Jan 11   In the year 1814 birth of richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

Jan 12   In the year 1814 birth of jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890   

Jan 14   In the year 1814 birth of johannes Josephus Viotta, composer   

Jan 05   On this day in history johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72   

Jan 21   Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737) died on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52   

Jan 27   Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies in the year 1814.   

Jan 29   Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1814.   

Feb 13   On this day in history augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69   

Mar 26   On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)