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