1813
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
Years: 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 - 1813 - 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818
Events
- April 27 - War of 1812: United States troops raid, destroy, but do not hold the capital of Ontario, York (present day Toronto, Ontario).
- May 27 - War of 1812: In Canada, United States forces capture Fort George[?].
- June-Autumn - series of victories of the Duke of Wellington (and others) over Napoleon Bonaparte
- July 5 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser[?], Black Rock[?] and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- August 19 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
- September - Robert Southey becomes Poet Laureate of Britain
- December 29 - War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York
- Russian troops reach and take Berlin without a fight after the French garrison evacuated the city.
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
- 1813 in literature:
- French-American writer Jean de Crévecoeur, died of a heart ailment that was discovered when he was arrested in his native France as an American spy.
Births
- January 19 - Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor
- February 11 - Otto Ludwig[?], German novelist/playwright/critic.
- March 9 - Giuseppe Verdi, italian opera composer
- March 19 - David Livingstone, missionary and explorer (+ 1873)
- March 27 - Nathaniel Currier[?], illustrator
- May 22 - Richard Wagner, German composer
- Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
Deaths
- Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan
- November 12 - Jean de Crévecoeur, French-American writer
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