Historical Events In 1814

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

Jul 07   On this day in history walter Scott's "Waverley" published  

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   In the year 1814 samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver)  

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

Jul 25   Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British in the year 1814.  

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

Aug 01   Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat on this day in history.  

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

Aug 07   Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits in the year 1814.  

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

Aug 08   Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium in the year 1814.  

Aug 10   In the year 1814 jacob Edvard Gille, composer  

Aug 13   On this day in history cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch  

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

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1814 washington, D.C. is burned by the British.  

Aug 25   On this day in history british capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it)  

Aug 25   British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1814.  

Sep 11   Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British on this day in history.  

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

Sep 13   In the year 1814 nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura=  

Sep 14   In the year 1814 francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner"  

Sep 14   In the year 1814 francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"  

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

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1814 birth of hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)  

Jan 08   Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist was born in the year 1814.  

Jan 08   In the year 1814 birth of thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

Jan 10   Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer) was born in the year 1814.  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1814.  

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

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   Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1814.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 26   In the year 1814 death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)