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	Cp	18th century
	C	19th century
	Cf	20th century
	Yp1	1811
	Yp2	1812
	Yp3	1813
	Year	1814
	Ya1	1815
	Ya2	1816
	Ya3	1817
	Dp3	1780s
	Dp2	1790s
	Dp1	1800s
	D	1810s
	Dn1	1820s
	Dn2	1830s
	Dn3	1840s

1814 was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (see link for calendar).

EVENTS

JANUARY

January 14 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in exchange for west Pomerania , as part of the Treaty Of Kiel .

January 29 - French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle Of Brienne .

January 31 - Gervasio Antonio De Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina .

FEBRUARY

February - Congress Of Chatillon - see George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl Of Aberdeen .

February 1 - Mayon Volcano , in the Philippines , erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano .

February 11 - Norway 's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union .

February 14 - Napoleon wins the Battle Of Vauchamps .

February 18 - Napoleon wins the Battle Of Montereau .

February 21 - Great Stock Exchange Fraud Of 1814 .

MARCH

March 7 - Napoleon wins the Battle Of Craonne .

March 9 - the USS Enterprise reaches Wilmington , North Carolina , returning from the Caribbean .

March 10 - Napoleon is defeated at the Battle Of Laon in France .

, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle Of Horseshoe Bend .

forces march into Paris .

March 31 - Anti-Napoleonic troops occupy Paris .

APRIL

April 4 or April 6 - Emperor Napoleon abdicates.

April 10 - the Duke Of Wellington wins the Battle Of Toulouse .

April 12 - Royal Norwegian Navy re-established.

MAY

May 3 - Duke Of Provence , future Louis XVIII Of France returns to Paris .

attack Fort Ontario at Oswego, New York .

May 17 - The Constitution Of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King Of Norway by the Constitutional Assembly .

May 17 - Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austria n hands.

May 30 - The First Treaty Of Paris is signed returning France 's borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I Of France is exiled to Elba on the same day.

JULY

- American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario .

Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara Falls, Ontario to halt Jacob Brown 's American invaders.

- Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall 's British and Canadian force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown 's American s commences at 18.00; Americans retreat to Fort Erie .

AUGUST

August 13 - signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty Of 1814 .

troops burn Washington, DC , The Burning Of Washington .

August 28 - Alexandria, Virginia offers surrender to the British fleet without a fight.

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER

September 11 - USS Ticonderoga is victorious in the Battle Of Lake Champlain .

September 14 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner .

November 28 - London '' The Times '' newspaper becomes the first to be printed on a steam-powered press.

December 24 - peace Treaty Of Ghent ends War Of 1812 between United States and Britain .

UKNOWN DATES

Missionaries attempt to write down the Maori_language .

George Stephenson designs his first locomotive '' Blutcher ''.

John Abernethy appointed lecturer in anatomy to the Royal College Of Surgeons .

John Keats leaves apprenticeship to become a student at a local hospital.

Sir Walter Scott writes '' Waverley ''.

Guyana transferred from Netherlands to Britain ; it is renamed " British Guiana ".

In England , the last hanging under the Black Act - William Potter for cutting down an Orchard - even the Judge petitioned for reprieve.

ONGOING EVENTS

Napoleonic Wars ( 1799 - 1815 )- Peninsular War / Sixth Coalition

War Of 1812 ( 1812 - 1815 )

BIRTHS

January 27 - Eugene Viollet-le-Duc , French architect (b. 1879 )

February 18 - Samuel Fenton Cary , American politician and temperance activist (d. 1900 )

March 9 - Taras Shevchenko , Ukrainian poet, Nationalist , and founder of the modern Ukrainian Language (d. 1861 ])

April 3 - Lorenzo Snow , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901 )

April 21 - Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts , English philanthropist (d. 1906 )

May 30 - Mikhail Bakunin , Russian anarchist (d. 1876 )

August 8 - Esther Morris , American suffragist and judge (d. 1902 )

August 10 - Henri Nestlé , German-born Swiss chocolate magnate (d. 1890 )

August 13 - Anders Jonas Ångström , Swedish physicist (d. 1874 )

August 28 - Sheridan Le Fanu , Irish writer (d. 1873 )

September 2 - Ernst Curtius , German archaeologist and historian (d. 1896 )

September 8 - Charles-Étienne Brasseur De Bourbourg , French writer and historian (d. 1874 )

October 4 - Jean-François Millet , French painter (d. 1875 )

October 15 - Mikhail Lermontov , Russian writer (d. 1841 )

November 6 - Adolphe Sax , Belgian instrument maker and inventor (d. 1894 )

Táhirih , Persian Bahá'í heroine

DEATHS

January 27 - Philip Astley , English circus promoter (b. 1742 )

March 28 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin , French inventor (b. 1838 )

April 12 - Charles Burney , English music historian (b. 1726 )

May 29 - Josephine De Beauharnais , Empress of France (b. 1763 )

July 12 - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe , British general

July 19 - Captain Matthew Flinders , English explorer of the coasts of Australia (b. 1774 )

August 21 - Benjamin Thompson , American physicist and inventor (b. 1753 )

August 31 - Arthur Phillip , British admiral and first governor of New South Wales (b. 1738 )

September 8 - Marie Caroline Of Austria , queen of Ferdinand I Of The Two Sicilies , and ''de facto'' ruler (b. 1752 )

October 19 - Mercy Otis Warren , American playwright (b. 1728 )

November 23 - Elbridge Gerry , Vice President Of The United States Of America (b. 1744 )

December 2 - Donatien Alphonse Francois De Sade , French writer (b. 1740 )

December 13 - Charles Joseph, Prince De Ligne , Austrian field marshal (b. 1735 )

OTHER

1814 was what inspired the name of Janet Jackson's 2nd hit album, Rhythm Nation 1814 . It was the year women could get an education beyond the 8th grade level.