Page 4: Historical Events In 1814

Jul 25   Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British   

Jul 25   Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69   

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

Aug 01   Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

Aug 07   Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits.   

Aug 08   Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist.   

Aug 08   Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium.   

Aug 10   Jacob Edvard Gille, composer   

Aug 13   Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch.   

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

Aug 24   British forces captured Washington, DC, and burned down many landmarks.   

Aug 24   British sack Washington, DC, White House burned.   

Aug 24   Washington, D.C. is burned by the British.   

Aug 25   British capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it).   

Aug 25   British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3000 books   

Aug 25   The US Library of Congress and its 3000 books is destroyed by British troops.   

Sep 01   Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53   

Sep 02   Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian.   

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

Sep 06   George Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62)   

Sep 11   Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British.   

Sep 11   Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British.   

Sep 12   Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812.   

Sep 13   Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura=   

Sep 14   Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner".   

Sep 14   Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner".   

Sep 17   Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer.   

Sep 21   "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem   

Sep 22   A W Iffland, writer, dies.   

Oct 01   Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies.   

Oct 01   Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring   

Oct 03   Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet/writer (Demon and other poems)   

Oct 04   Jean Francois Millet, French painter is born   

Oct 16   Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34   

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Jan 01   Hong xiuquan: Chinese rebel    

Jan 08   Johannes kneppelhout: [klikspaan], dutch humorist   

Jan 08   Thomas green: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1864   

Jan 10   Aubrey de vere: Irish writer (victorian observer)   

Jan 11   James paget: English surgeon (disease of paget)   

Jan 11   Richard griffith: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1862   

Jan 12   Jones mitchell withers: Mjr general (confederate army), died in 1890   

Jan 14   Johannes josephus viotta: Composer   

Jan 05   Johann gottfried krebs: Composer,    

Jan 21   Jacques-henri bernardin de saint-pierre: French writer and botanist (b. 1737)   

Jan 23   Georg friedrich theodor wolf: Composer,    

Jan 27   Johann gottlieb fichte: Philosopher,    

Jan 29   Johann g fichte: German philosopher (wissenschaftslehre),    

Feb 03   Johann antonin kozeluch: Composer,    

Feb 13   Augustin holler: Composer,   

Mar 26   Joseph-ignace guillotin: Namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)