1813 34965 226036440 2008-07-16T15:24:10Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1813]] {{year nav|1813}} {{C19YearInTopicX}} Year '''1813''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCCXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the 12-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 12-day span=Mon-Sat, Tue-Sun, Wed-Mon, Thu-Tue, Fr-We, Sa-Th, Sun-Fri --> ==Events of 1813== ===January - March=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 28]] - [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' is published. * [[February 11]] - [[Fort Meigs]]: Leftwich is not successful, and when he leaves, Major Amos Stoddard assumes the command of the post. * [[February 26]] - The Secretary of War orders Colonel R. M. Johnson to hold in readiness (reserves) a regiment of mounted volunteers who will serve from 4-6 months after being called into active service. * February late- General Harrison sends out an expedition to burn the British vessels at [[Malden]] by going across [[Lake Erie]] via the [[Bass Islands]] in sleighs, but the ice is not hard enough and the expedition returns. * [[March 4]] - [[James Madison]] is sworn in as [[President of the United States]], for his second term. * [[March 22]] - Col. R. M. Johnson puts out an order for raising a regiment of mounted volunteers in [[Kentucky]]. * [[March 29]] - [[Battle of Rosillo Creek]] in [[Bexar County, Texas]]. ===April - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[April 8]] - Colonel [[James Ball]] arrives at [[Fort Meigs]] with 200 [[dragoon]]s. * [[April 27]] - [[War of 1812]]: [[Battle of York]] - [[United States]] troops raid, destroy, but do not hold the capital of [[Ontario]], York (present day [[Toronto, Ontario]]). * [[May 2]] - [[Napoleon]] wins the [[Battle of Lützen (1813)|Battle of Lützen]] * [[May 11]]- [[Gregory Blaxland]], [[William Lawson]] and [[William Wentworth]] left on an expedition to cross the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]] * [[May 20]]-[[May 21]] - [[Napoleon]] wins the [[Battle of Bautzen]] * [[May 27]] - [[War of 1812]]: In [[Canada]], [[United States|American]] forces capture [[Fort George, Ontario|Fort George]]. * [[June 6]] **[[War of 1812]]: [[Battle of Stoney Creek]] - A [[United Kingdom|British]] force of 700 under [[John Vincent (general)|John Vincent]] defeat an [[United States|American]] force three times its size under [[William Winder]] and [[John Chandler]]. **[[Gregory Blaxland]], [[William Lawson]] and [[William Wentworth]] succeeded in crossing the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]] and returned home. * [[June 21]] - [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Vitoria]] — A British, Spanish, and Portuguese force of 78,000 with 96 guns under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] defeats a French force of 58,000 with 153 guns under [[Joseph Bonaparte]]. ===July - September=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 5]] - War of 1812: Three weeks of [[United Kingdom|British]] raids on [[Fort Schlosser]], [[Black Rock, New York|Black Rock]] and [[Plattsburgh, New York]] begin. * [[July 13]] - Missionaries [[Adoniram Judson]] and his wife [[Ann Hasseltine Judson]] arrive in [[Burma]]. * [[August 19]] - [[Gervasio Antonio de Posadas]] joins Argentina's second triumvirate. * [[August 23]] - [[Battle of Großbeeren]] * [[August 26]] - [[Battle of Katzbach]] * [[August 26]]-[[August 27]] - [[Napoleon]] wins the [[Battle of Dresden]] * [[August 29]]-[[August 30]] - [[Napoleon]]'s troops defeated at [[Battle of Kulm|Kulm]] * [[September]] - [[Robert Southey]] becomes Poet Laureate of Britain * [[September 6]] - [[Battle of Dennewitz]] * [[September 10]] - [[War of 1812]]: [[Battle of Lake Erie]] - [[United States|American]] squadron under Commodore [[Oliver Hazard Perry]] defeats a [[United Kingdom|British]] squadron, capturing six ships. ===October - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[October 5]] - [[War of 1812]]: [[William Henry Harrison]] defeats the British at the [[Battle of the Thames]], native leader [[Tecumseh]] is killed in battle * [[October 14]] - After a ceremony in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], the municipality gives [[Simón Bolívar]] the title of ''[[Simón Bolívar|El Libertador]]''. * [[October 16]]-[[October 19]] - [[Napoleon]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Leipzig]] * [[October 24]]-[[November 5]] - [[Iran|Persia]] and [[Russia]] sign the [[Treaty of Gulistan]] of 1813 at the end of the first [[Russo-Persian Wars]] (1804-1813) by which [[Iran|Persia]] ([[Iran]]) loses all its territories to the north of [[Aras]] River to the Russians. * [[October 25]] - [[War of 1812]]: [[Charles de Salaberry]] defeats an American invasion at the [[Battle of Chateauguay]] * [[November 11]] - [[War of 1812]]: the Americans are defeated at the [[Battle of Crysler's Farm]] * [[November 21]] - An independent government is restored in the [[Netherlands]]. * [[December 29]] - [[War of 1812]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] soldiers burn [[Buffalo, New York]] ===Undated=== * [[Russia]]n troops reach and take [[Berlin]] without a fight after the [[France|French]] garrison evacuated the city. * [[Mathieu Orfila]] publishes his groundbreaking ''Trait des poisons'', formalizing the field of [[toxicology]]. * [[George Hamilton-Gordon]] serves as ambassador extraordinaire in [[Vienna]]. * Following the death of his father [[Wossen Seged]], [[Sahle Selassie]] arrives at the capital Qundi before his other brothers, and is made Meridazmach of [[Shewa]]. * The [[Philomathean Society]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] is founded. It is the oldest continuously-existing literary society in the United States. ===Ongoing events=== * [[Napoleonic Wars]] ([[1799]]-[[1815]])-[[Peninsular War]]/[[Sixth Coalition]] * [[War of 1812]] ([[1812]]-[[1815]]) ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Bunka]] 9 &ndash; 10}} ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 19]] - Sir [[Henry Bessemer]], English inventor (d. [[1898]]) *[[January 21]] - [[John C. Frémont]], American soldier and explorer (d. [[1890]]) *[[January 26]] - [[Juan Pablo Duarte]], Founder of the Dominican Republic (d. [[1876]]) *[[February 11]] - [[Otto Ludwig (writer)|Otto Ludwig]], German writer (d. [[1865]]) *[[February 15]] - [[Frederick Holbrook]], Vermont governor (d. [[1909]]) *[[March 18]] - [[Christian Friedrich Hebbel]], German poet and playwright (d. [[1863]]) *[[March 19]] - [[David Livingstone]], English missionary and explorer (d. [[1873]]) *[[March 21]] - [[James Strang]], Mormon splinter group leader (d. [[1856]]) *[[March 27]] - [[Nathaniel Currier]], American illustrator (d. [[1888]]) *[[April 23]] - [[Stephen A. Douglas]], U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. [[1861]]) *[[May 5]] - [[Søren Kierkegaard|Soren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher (d. [[1855]]) *[[May 21]] - [[Robert Murray M'Cheyne]], Scottish clergyman (d. [[1843]]) *[[May 22]] - [[Richard Wagner]], German composer (d. [[1883]]) *[[June 24]] - [[Henry Ward Beecher]], American clergyman and reformer (d. [[1887]]) ===July - December=== <!-- BIRTHS --> <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 19]] - [[Samuel M. Kier]], American industrialist (d. [[1874]]) *[[September 17]] - [[John Sedgwick]], Union Army General, American Civil War (d. [[1864]]) *[[September 24]] - [[Gerardo Barrios]], President of [[El Salvador]] (d. [[1865]]) *[[October 10]] - [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer (d. [[1901]]) *[[October 17]] - [[Georg Büchner]], German playwright (d. [[1837]]) *[[November 30]] - [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]], French Composer (d. [[1888]]) *[[December 19]] - [[Thomas Andrews (scientist)|Thomas Andrews]], Irish chemist (d.[[1885]]) *''date unknown'' - [[John Miley]], American Methodist theologian (d. [[1895]]) ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 6]] - [[Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers]], French general (b. [[1764]]) *[[January 20]] - [[Christoph Martin Wieland]], German writer (b. [[1733]]) *[[February 13]] - [[Samuel Ashe (1725-1813)|Samuel Ashe]], Governor of North Carolina (b. [[1725]]) *[[February 26]] - [[Robert Livingston (1746-1813)|Robert Linvingston]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. [[1746]]) *[[April 10]] - [[Joseph Louis Lagrange]], Italian mathematician (b. [[1746]]) *[[April 27]] - [[Zebulon Pike]], American general (b. [[1779]]) *[[April 28]] - [[Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov]], Russian field marshal (b. [[1745]]) *[[May 1]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]], French marshal (killed in combat) (b. [[1768]]) *[[May 23]] - [[Geraud Duroc]], French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. [[1772]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart]], French architect (b. [[1739]]) *[[June 17]] - [[Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham]], English sailor and politician (b. [[1726]]) *[[June 28]] - [[Gerhard von Scharnhorst]], Prussian general (b. [[1755]]) ===July - December=== <!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 29]] - [[Jean-Andoche Junot]], French general (suicide) (b. [[1771]]) *[[August 11]] - [[Henry James Pye]], English poet (b. [[1745]]) *[[August 15]]-[[Abigail Amelia]], First born daughter Of John and Abigail Adams (b.1765) *[[August 23]] - [[Alexander Wilson]], Scottish-born ornithologist (b. [[1766]]) *[[September 2]] - [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]], French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. [[1763]]) *[[13 September]] - [[Hezqeyas of Ethiopia]], deposed Emperor of Ethiopia *[[October 5]] - [[Tecumseh]], Shawnee leader *[[October 19]] - [[Józef Antoni Poniatowski]], Polish prince and Marshal of France (friendly fire) (b. [[1763]]) *[[November 12]] - [[Jean de Crévecoeur]], French-American writer (b. [[1735]]) *[[December 13]] - [[William Franklin]], Son of Benjamin Franklin (b. [[1731]]) *[[December 24]] - [[Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan]] (b. [[1740]]) *''date unknown'' - [[Wossen Seged]], Meridazmach of [[Shewa]] (murdered) (b. 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