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