Notable Historical Events - 1813
1813 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 11 |
1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21) |
Jan 14 |
Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY) |
Jan 21 |
Pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111) |
Jan 22 |
Americans capture Frenchtown, Michigan Territory |
Jan 28 |
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom. |
Feb 23 |
1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass |
Feb 27 |
1st federal vaccination legislation enacted |
Feb 27 |
Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail |
Mar 3 |
Office of Surgeon General of the US Army forms |
Mar 8 |
1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic |
Mar 18 |
David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas |
Mar 25 |
1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex |
Apr 27 |
Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed |
Apr 29 |
Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel |
May 11 |
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. |
May 23 |
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator") |
May 27 |
Americans capture Ft George, Canada |
May 31 |
In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. |
Jun 1 |
Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" |
Jun 6 |
US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont) |
Jun 21 |
Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria. |
Jun 24 |
Battle of Beaver Dam - British & Indian forces defeat US forces |
Jul 5 |
War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin. |
Jul 31 |
British invade Plattsburgh NY |
Aug 14 |
British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus |
Aug 19 |
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate. |
Aug 23 |
Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French |
Aug 27 |
Battle of Dresden; Napoleon defeats Austrians |
Aug 30 |
Battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. |
Sep 4 |
First US religious newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer)) |
Sep 7 |
"Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY) |
Sep 10 |
Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie |
Sep 30 |
Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla |
Oct 5 |
Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British |
Oct 8 |
Treaty of Ried between Bayern & Austria |
Oct 16 |
Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria & Russia |
Oct 20 |
German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished |
Oct 23 |
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). |
Nov 2 |
Treaty of Fulda |
Nov 3 |
US troops under General Coffee destroy Indian village at Talladega Ala |
Nov 6 |
Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain |
Nov 11 |
Dresden surrenders to allied armies |
Nov 12 |
Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth |
Nov 15 |
Allied troops occupies Groningen |
Nov 15 |
Tax revolt in Amsterdam |
Nov 21 |
Stettin surrenders to allied armies |
Nov 28 |
Cossacks occupy Utrecht |
Nov 29 |
Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance |
Nov 30 |
Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands |
Dec 2 |
Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy |
Dec 5 |
Lübeck surrenders to allied armies |
Dec 8 |
Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres |
Dec 18 |
British take Fort Niagara in War of 1812 |
Dec 26 |
Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies |
Dec 29 |
British burn Buffalo, NY during War of 1812 |
Dec 30 |
Danzig surrenders to allied armies |
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