1813 - What happened in 1813 ?

April 1813

Tuesday 27:

War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Ontario, York (present day Toronto, Ontario).

May 1813

Thursday 20:

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.

Sunday 23:

South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").

Thursday 27:

War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.

June 1813

Tuesday 01:

The United States Navy gains its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, 'Don't give up the ship'.

Sunday 06:

A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat an American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.

Monday 21:

Laura Secord sets out to warn British forces of an impending U.S. attack on Queenston, Ontario.

Thursday 24:

Battle of Beaver Dams : A British, and Indian joint force defeat the U.S Army.

July 1813

Monday 05:

War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.

August 1813

Thursday 19:

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.

Monday 23:

At the Battle of Grossbeeren,the Prussians under Von Bulow repulse the French army.

Friday 27:

Napoleon defeats the Austrians, Russians and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden

Monday 30:

Creek War: Creek Red Sticks carried out the Fort Mims Massacre.

September 1813

Friday 10:

The U.S. defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Monday 13:

The British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland. Turning point in the War of 1812.

Thursday 30:

Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.

October 1813

Saturday 16:

The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.

Tuesday 19:

The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.

Saturday 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).

Monday 25:

War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks beat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay

December 1813

Wednesday 29:

War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.