Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). [edit] Events of 1813 [edit] January–March [edit] April–June - April 8 – Colonel James Ball arrives at Fort Meigs with 200 dragoons.
- April 27 – War of 1812 – Battle of York: United States troops raid, destroy, but do not hold the capital of Ontario, York (present day Toronto, Ontario).
- May 2 – Battle of Lützen: Napoleon wins against the German alliance.
- May 11- Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth leave on an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains.
- May 20–May 21 – Battle of Bautzen: Napoleon again defeats his combined enemies.
- May 27 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
- June 6
- June 21 – Peninsular War – Battle of Vitoria: A British, Spanish, and Portuguese force of 78,000 with 96 guns under Wellington defeats a French force of 58,000 with 153 guns under Joseph Bonaparte.
[edit] July–September [edit] October–December [edit] Undated [edit] Ongoing events [edit] Births [edit] January–June - January 19 – Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898)
- January 21 – John C. Frémont, American soldier and explorer (d. 1890)
- January 26 – Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic (d. 1876)
- February 11 – Otto Ludwig, German writer (d. 1865)
- February 15 – Frederick Holbrook, Vermont governor (d. 1909)
- March 18 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (d. 1863)
- March 19 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
- March 21 – James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (d. 1856)
- March 27 – Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
- April 23 – Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861)
- May 5 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
- May 21 – Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Scottish clergyman (d. 1843)
- May 22 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
- June 24 – Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887)
[edit] July–December [edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 6 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
- January 20 – Christoph Martin Wieland, German writer (b. 1733)
- January 24 – George Clymer, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1739)
- February 13 – Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (b. 1725)
- February 26 – Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746)
- April 10 – Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician (b. 1746)
- April 27 – Zebulon Pike, American general (b. 1779)
- April 28 – Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
- May 1 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
- May 23 – Geraud Duroc, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1772)
- June 6 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (b. 1739)
- June 17 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726)
- June 28 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
[edit] July–December - July 29 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (suicide) (b. 1771)
- August 11 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
- August 15–Abigail Amelia, First born daughter of John and Abigail Adams (b.1765)
- August 23 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)
- September 2 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763)
- 13 September – Hezqeyas of Ethiopia, deposed Emperor of Ethiopia
- October 5 – Tecumseh, Shawnee leader (b. 1768)
- October 19 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (friendly fire) (b. 1763)
- November 12 – Jean de Crévecoeur, French-American writer (b. 1735)
- December 13 – William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin (b. 1731)
- December 24 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
- date unknown – Wossen Seged, Meridazmach of Shewa (murdered) (b. 1808)
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