Historical Events In 1814

Jul 07   On this day in history robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71  

Jul 07   Walter Scott's "Waverley" published in the year 1814.  

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

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

Jul 19   Samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver) in the year 1814.  

Jul 20   Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist in the year 1814.  

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

Jul 25   Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1814.  

Aug 01   Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat in the year 1814.  

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

Aug 07   Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist in the year 1814.  

Aug 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history british forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks  

Aug 24   British sack Washington, DC, White House burned on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Aug 25   In the year 1814 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 01   On this day in history erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53  

Sep 02   In the year 1814 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   On this day in history george Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62)  

Sep 11   On this day in history battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British  

Sep 11   Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British in the year 1814.  

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" on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1814 stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer  

Sep 21   "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist  

Jan 08   Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1814.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of johannes Josephus Viotta, composer  

Jan 05   Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51  

Feb 03   Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1814 augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69  

Mar 26   Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738) died in the year 1814.