List of 1813 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1813
Date | Event |
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January 28, 1813 | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. |
February 3, 1813 | José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence. |
February 7, 1813 | In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand. |
February 20, 1813 | Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. |
March 4, 1813 | Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. |
April 27, 1813 | War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York. |
May 11, 1813 | William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement. |
May 20, 1813 | Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory. |
May 24, 1813 | South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). |
May 27, 1813 | War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. |
May 31, 1813 | In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. |
June 1, 1813 | Capture of USS Chesapeake. |
June 6, 1813 | The Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the War of 1812. A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler. |
June 21, 1813 | Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria. |
June 22, 1813 | War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. |
June 24, 1813 | Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. |
July 5, 1813 | War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commence. |
July 23, 1813 | Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony. |
August 11, 1813 | In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia. |
August 19, 1813 | Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. |
August 23, 1813 | At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army. |
August 26, 1813 | War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland). |
August 27, 1813 | French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. |
August 30, 1813 | First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. |
August 30, 1813 | Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama. |
August 31, 1813 | Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial. |
September 8, 1813 | At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. |
September 10, 1813 | The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. |
September 11, 1813 | War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C. |
October 5, 1813 | War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit. |
October 8, 1813 | The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria. |
October 16, 1813 | The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the three-day Battle of Leipzig. |
October 19, 1813 | War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig. |
October 26, 1813 | War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia and Mohawks defeat the United States Army in the Battle of the Chateauguay. |
November 11, 1813 | War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign. |
December 30, 1813 | War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York. |