1814 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1814?
- January 31, 1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
- February 10, 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
- February 17, 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormans.
- February 18, 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
- March 10, 1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- March 21, 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
- April 4, 1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
- April 11, 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
- May 4, 1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
- May 17, 1814 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
- July 5, 1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario.
- July 24, 1814 – War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown’s American invaders.
- September 12, 1814 – Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
- September 14, 1814 – The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- September 17, 1814 – Francis Scott Key finishes his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”, later to be the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
- October 17, 1814 – London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.
- November 1, 1814 – Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
- December 14, 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
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