Historical Events In 1814

Jul 07   Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 in the year 1814.  

Jul 07   Walter Scott's "Waverley" published on this day in history.  

Jul 18   On this day in history british capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)  

Jul 19   Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 in the year 1814.  

Jul 19   On this day in history samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver)  

Jul 20   On this day in history ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist  

Jul 25   On this day in history battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British  

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

Aug 01   On this day in history belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat  

Aug 01   On this day in history maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

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   Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium on this day in history.  

Aug 10   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1814 british capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it)  

Aug 25   British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books in the year 1814.  

Aug 25   The US Library of Congress and its 3,000 books is destroyed by British troops on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Sep 02   Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian in the year 1814.  

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

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

Sep 11   In the year 1814 battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British  

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

Sep 12   In the year 1814 battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812  

Sep 13   Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura= on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 17   Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer in the year 1814.  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of james Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget)  

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

Jan 12   Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1814.  

Jan 21   On this day in history death of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)  

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

Jan 27   On this day in history johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies  

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)