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   On this day in history british capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)   

Jul 19   On this day in history matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40   

Jul 19   In the year 1814 samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver)   

Jul 20   Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British in the year 1814.   

Jul 25   Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat   

Aug 01   Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 in the year 1814.   

Aug 07   Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1814 peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium   

Aug 10   On this day in history jacob Edvard Gille, composer   

Aug 13   Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch in the year 1814.   

Aug 14   In the year 1814 henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

Aug 24   On this day in history british forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks   

Aug 24   British sack Washington, DC, White House burned in the year 1814.   

Aug 24   Washington, D.C. is burned by the British in the year 1814.   

Aug 25   British capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it) in the year 1814.   

Aug 25   In the year 1814 british forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books   

Aug 25   In the year 1814 the US Library of Congress and its 3,000 books is destroyed by British troops.   

Sep 01   In the year 1814 erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53   

Sep 02   Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian on this day in history.   

Sep 05   -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia on this day in history.   

Sep 06   George Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62) on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 1814 battle of Lake Champlain, NY; American Navy defeats British   

Sep 11   Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British in the year 1814.   

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   Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner" on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"   

Sep 17   Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer in the year 1814.   

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

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Jan 01   Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864) was born in the year 1814.   

Jan 08   Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist was born in the year 1814.   

Jan 08   Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)   

Jan 11   James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1814 birth of johannes Josephus Viotta, composer   

Jan 05   On this day in history johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72   

Jan 21   Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737) died in the year 1814.   

Jan 23   On this day in history georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51   

Feb 03   Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1814.   

Feb 13   Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1814.   

Mar 26   On this day in history death of joseph-Ignace Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine (b. 1738)