Page 4: Historical Events In 1814

Jul 07   Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   In the year 1814 walter Scott's "Waverley" published   

Jul 18   British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) in the year 1814.   

Jul 19   Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   In the year 1814 pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits   

Aug 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1814.   

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

Aug 24   British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks on this day in history.   

Aug 24   On this day in history british sack Washington, DC, White House burned   

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

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

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

Sep 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner"   

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

Sep 17   Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1814 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   In the year 1814 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   Richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1814.   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1814 johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies   

Jan 29   Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75   

Feb 13   On this day in history augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69   

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