Important Historical Events of the year 1813, Year 1813 in History

List of 1813 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1813

What happened in the year 1813?

Date Event
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.