1814 - What happened in 1814 ?

January 1814

Friday 14:

Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.

Saturday 29:

France defeated Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.

Monday 31:

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.

February 1814

Tuesday 01:

Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano.

Thursday 10:

Battle of Champaubert occurs.

Friday 11:

Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union

Thursday 17:

Battle of Mormans

Friday 18:

Battle of Montereau occurs.

March 1814

Monday 07:

Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne.

Thursday 10:

Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.

Sunday 27:

War of 1812: In central Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

Wednesday 30:

Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.

April 1814

Monday 04:

Napoleon abdicates for the first time.

Monday 11:

Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

May 1814

Wednesday 04:

Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.

Tuesday 17:

Norwegian constitution signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Fredrik elected King of Norway by the Constitutional assembly.

Monday 30:

The First Treaty of Paris is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I of France is exiled to Elba on the same day.

July 1814

Tuesday 05:

American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario.

Sunday 24:

War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.

Monday 25:

Reinforcements arrive near Niagara for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18.00; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.

August 1814

Saturday 13:

The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.

Wednesday 24:

British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.

September 1814

Sunday 11:

The Battle of Plattsburgh.

Monday 12:

Battle of North Point: An American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.

Wednesday 14:

Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.

October 1814

Saturday 01:

Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.

December 1814

Saturday 24:

The Treaty of Ghent was signed which ended the War of 1812