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   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   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   On this day in history charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69  

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

Aug 01   Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 in the year 1814.  

Aug 07   In the year 1814 pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits  

Aug 08   Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist on this day in history.  

Aug 08   On this day in history peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium  

Aug 10   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer in the year 1814.  

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

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   On this day in history british sack Washington, DC, White House burned  

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   In the year 1814 erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53  

Sep 02   Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian on this day in history.  

Sep 05   -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia on this day in history.  

Sep 06   George Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 11   In the year 1814 battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British  

Sep 12   Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 in the year 1814.  

Sep 13   Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura= in the year 1814.  

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

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

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

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

Jan 08   Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)  

Jan 11   James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1814 birth of johannes Josephus Viotta, composer  

Jan 05   In the year 1814 johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72  

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

Jan 23   In the year 1814 georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52  

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

Jan 29   In the year 1814 johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51  

Feb 03   In the year 1814 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75  

Feb 13   Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1814.  

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