Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1813. This year saw 54 significant events. 4 notable figures were born. 2 notable figures passed away.
Pride and Prejudice is the second published novel (but third to be written) by English author Jane Austen, written when she was aged 20–21, and later published in 1813. A novel of manners, it follows…
John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)
Austrian composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (35) weds German opera singer Elisabeth Röckel (20) in Vienna, Austria, until his death in 1837
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (The Liberator)
Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was a United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Battle of the Thames: American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada
Battle of Leipzig begins; the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I, sees Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria, and Russia after 3 days [1]
The Congress of Chilpancingo (Spanish: Congreso de Chilpancingo), also known as the Congress of Anáhuac, was the first, independent congress that replaced the Assembly of Zitácuaro, formally...
The Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplitz.
Future business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (19) marries his cousin Sophia Johnson
Gideon Hawley becomes the first state school superintendent in the United States (New York)
First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin
The Battle of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, refers to two consecutive engagements in the Michigan Territory during the War of 1812.
First US raw cotton-to-cloth mill is founded in Waltham, Massachusetts
First federal vaccination legislation enacted
Office of Surgeon General of the US Army forms
1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic
David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas
Lady Hester Stanhope sets out for ancient city of Palmyra, the first western woman to visit
1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific by the frigate Essex
Americans under General Zebulon Pike capture York (now Toronto) from British regulars, militia and Ojibwe natives forcing a British withdrawal to Kingston; Pike is killed
First US rubber patent is granted to Jacob F. Hummel
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in Upper Canada.
In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains
Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
The Battle of Stoney Creek was an important battle fought on 6 June 1813, during the War of 1812 near what is now Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada.
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forces of the First...
The Battle of Beaver Dams took place on 24 June 1813, during the War of 1812. A column of troops from the United States Army marched from Fort George and attempted to surprise a British outpost at...
War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
British invade Plattsburgh, New York
The British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila (18 June 1757 – 2 July 1833) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as the first Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 31...
The Battle of Großbeeren occurred on 23 August 1813 in neighboring Blankenfelde and Sputendorf between the Prussian III Corps under Friedrich von Bülow and the Franco-Saxon VII Corps under Jean...
The Battle of Lützen, fought on 2 May 1813 near the town of Lützen in Saxony, was a major engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition.
The Religious Remembrancer, the first US religious newspaper later renamed The Christian Observer, is published by the Presbyterian publishing center
"Uncle Sam" is first used to refer to the US by Troy Post of New York
The Treaty of Ried of 8 October 1813 was a treaty that was signed between the Kingdom of Bavaria and Austrian Empire.
The Battle of Lützen, fought on 2 May 1813 near the town of Lützen in Saxony, was a major engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition.
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a client state of France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte.
The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).
The Treaty of Fulda was signed on November 2, 1813, at Fulda, Hesse, in Germany. It was signed by King Frederick I of Württemberg and Austrian foreign minister Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von...
US troops under General Coffee annihilate the Red Stick Creek Indian village at Tallasseehatchee, Alabama
The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon.
Allied troops occupies Groningen
Stettin surrenders to allied armies
Cossacks liberate Utrecht from French occupation
Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands after exile in Britain
City of Lübeck surrenders to anti-Napoleonic allied armies
The Capture of Fort Niagara took place 19 December 1813 during the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.
Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies
The Battle of Buffalo (also known as the Battle of Black Rock) took place during the War of 1812 on December 30, 1813, in the State of New York, near the Niagara River.
Danzig surrenders to allied armies
Isaac Pitman, English linguist, known for british linguist, was born on 1813-01-04.
Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, known for italian politician, was born on 1813-01-13. Agostino Depretis (31 January 1813 – 29 July 1887) was an Italian statesman and politician.
John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician, known for english epidemiologist and physician, was born on 1813-03-15.
David Livingstone, Scottish colonialist and missionary to africa, known for british colonialist and missionary to africa, was born on 1813-03-19.
Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, known for american lawyer, politician, and diplomat, died on 1813-02-26.
Edmund Randolph, American founding father and statesman, known for american founding father and statesman, died on 1813-09-12.
Pride and Prejudice is the second published novel (but third to be written) by English author Jane Austen, written when she was aged 20–21, and later published in 1813. A novel of manners, it follows…
John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)
Austrian composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (35) weds German opera singer Elisabeth Röckel (20) in Vienna, Austria, until his death in 1837
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (The Liberator)
Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was a United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Battle of the Thames: American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada
Battle of Leipzig begins; the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I, sees Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria, and Russia after 3 days [1]
The Congress of Chilpancingo (Spanish: Congreso de Chilpancingo), also known as the Congress of Anáhuac, was the first, independent congress that replaced the Assembly of Zitácuaro, formally...
The Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplitz.
Future business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (19) marries his cousin Sophia Johnson
Gideon Hawley becomes the first state school superintendent in the United States (New York)
First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin
The Battle of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, refers to two consecutive engagements in the Michigan Territory during the War of 1812.
First US raw cotton-to-cloth mill is founded in Waltham, Massachusetts
First federal vaccination legislation enacted
Office of Surgeon General of the US Army forms
1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic
David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas
Lady Hester Stanhope sets out for ancient city of Palmyra, the first western woman to visit
1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific by the frigate Essex
Americans under General Zebulon Pike capture York (now Toronto) from British regulars, militia and Ojibwe natives forcing a British withdrawal to Kingston; Pike is killed
First US rubber patent is granted to Jacob F. Hummel
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in Upper Canada.
In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains
Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
The Battle of Stoney Creek was an important battle fought on 6 June 1813, during the War of 1812 near what is now Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada.
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forces of the First...
The Battle of Beaver Dams took place on 24 June 1813, during the War of 1812. A column of troops from the United States Army marched from Fort George and attempted to surprise a British outpost at...
War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin
British invade Plattsburgh, New York
The British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila (18 June 1757 – 2 July 1833) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as the first Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 31...
The Battle of Großbeeren occurred on 23 August 1813 in neighboring Blankenfelde and Sputendorf between the Prussian III Corps under Friedrich von Bülow and the Franco-Saxon VII Corps under Jean...
The Battle of Lützen, fought on 2 May 1813 near the town of Lützen in Saxony, was a major engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition.
The Religious Remembrancer, the first US religious newspaper later renamed The Christian Observer, is published by the Presbyterian publishing center
"Uncle Sam" is first used to refer to the US by Troy Post of New York
The Treaty of Ried of 8 October 1813 was a treaty that was signed between the Kingdom of Bavaria and Austrian Empire.
The Battle of Lützen, fought on 2 May 1813 near the town of Lützen in Saxony, was a major engagement during the War of the Sixth Coalition.
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a client state of France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte.
The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).
The Treaty of Fulda was signed on November 2, 1813, at Fulda, Hesse, in Germany. It was signed by King Frederick I of Württemberg and Austrian foreign minister Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von...
US troops under General Coffee annihilate the Red Stick Creek Indian village at Tallasseehatchee, Alabama
The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon.
Allied troops occupies Groningen
Stettin surrenders to allied armies
Cossacks liberate Utrecht from French occupation
Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands after exile in Britain
City of Lübeck surrenders to anti-Napoleonic allied armies
The Capture of Fort Niagara took place 19 December 1813 during the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States.
Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies
The Battle of Buffalo (also known as the Battle of Black Rock) took place during the War of 1812 on December 30, 1813, in the State of New York, near the Niagara River.
Danzig surrenders to allied armies
Isaac Pitman, English linguist, known for british linguist, was born on 1813-01-04.
Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, known for italian politician, was born on 1813-01-13. Agostino Depretis (31 January 1813 – 29 July 1887) was an Italian statesman and politician.
John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician, known for english epidemiologist and physician, was born on 1813-03-15.
David Livingstone, Scottish colonialist and missionary to africa, known for british colonialist and missionary to africa, was born on 1813-03-19.
Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, known for american lawyer, politician, and diplomat, died on 1813-02-26.
Edmund Randolph, American founding father and statesman, known for american founding father and statesman, died on 1813-09-12.