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Special Events for the Year 1814 - back to GREGSITE
| Born : | 11/06/1814 | Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor (saxophone) |
| Born : | 08/13/1814 | Anders Jonas Źngstr”m, Sweden, physicist, founded spectroscopy |
| Born : | 01/10/1814 | Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer) |
| Born : | 06/08/1814 | Charles Reade, England, novelist (Cloister & Hearth) |
| Born : | 12/19/1814 | Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secy War (Union), died in 1869 |
| Born : | 01/17/1814 | Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey) |
| Born : | 01/25/1814 | Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899 |
| Born : | 03/24/1814 | Galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove |
| Born : | 09/06/1814 | George Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62) |
| Born : | 08/14/1814 | Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 |
| Born : | 04/02/1814 | Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army), died |
| Born : | 07/20/1814 | Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist |
| Born : | 12/27/1814 | James Henry Carleton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873 |
| Born : | 06/22/1814 | James Henry Lane, MC (Union), died in 1866 |
| Born : | 06/19/1814 | Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter |
| Born : | 01/08/1814 | Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], writer |
| Born : | 04/04/1814 | John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 |
| Born : | 08/10/1814 | John Clifford Pemberton, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1881 |
| Born : | 04/15/1814 | John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) |
| Born : | 01/12/1814 | Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890 |
| Born : | 11/17/1814 | Joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 |
| Born : | 11/13/1814 | Joseph Hooker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 |
| Born : | 07/06/1814 | Justus McKinstry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 |
| Born : | 08/01/1814 | Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 |
| Born : | 11/14/1814 | Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882 |
| Born : | 10/03/1814 | Mikhail (Yurevich) Lermontov, Russia, romantic poet/novelist (Demon) |
| Born : | 05/08/1814 | Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist |
| Born : | 10/02/1814 | Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet (Demon & other poems) |
| Born : | 09/13/1814 | Nicolas Beets, [Hildebrand], writer (Camera Obscura) |
| Born : | 11/15/1814 | Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 |
| Born : | 01/11/1814 | Richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 |
| Born : | 01/26/1814 | Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 |
| Born : | 07/19/1814 | Samuel Colt, inventor (colt revolver) |
| Born : | 02/09/1814 | Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library |
| Born : | 09/17/1814 | Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer |
| Born : | 03/09/1814 | Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev |
| Born : | 02/25/1814 | Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) |
| Born : | 03/22/1814 | Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) |
| Born : | 01/08/1814 | Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 |
| Born : | 04/24/1814 | Vincente F L˘pez, Argentina historian (La novia del hereje) |
| Born : | 05/06/1814 | Wilhelm Ernst, violinist/composer |
| Born : | 08/10/1814 | William Lowndes Yancey, MC (Confederacy), died in 1863 |
| Died : | 10/01/1814 | Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies |
| Died : | 05/29/1814 | Jos‚phine, empress of France (1804-14), dies |
| Died : | 04/01/1814 | Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 |
| Special : | 01/22/1814 | 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC |
| Special : | 05/30/1814 | 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication |
| Special : | 04/11/1814 | 1st abdication of Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba |
| Special : | 07/03/1814 | Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada |
| Special : | 07/05/1814 | Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario |
| Special : | 09/11/1814 | Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British |
| Special : | 07/25/1814 | Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British |
| Special : | 09/12/1814 | Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 |
| Special : | 02/27/1814 | Beethoven's 8th symphony premiers |
| Special : | 05/04/1814 | Bourbon reign restored in France |
| Special : | 05/05/1814 | British attack Ft Ontario, Oswego, NY |
| Special : | 07/18/1814 | British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) |
| Special : | 08/25/1814 | British capture Washington DC |
| Special : | 08/24/1814 | British sack Washington, DC, White House burned |
| Special : | 03/31/1814 | Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris |
| Special : | 09/14/1814 | Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner" |
| Special : | 04/26/1814 | King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England |
| Special : | 01/14/1814 | King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel |
| Special : | 01/02/1814 | Lord Byron completes "The Corsair" |
| Special : | 02/01/1814 | Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication |
| Special : | 08/08/1814 | Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium |
| Special : | 01/28/1814 | Stendahl's 1st book is published |
| Special : | 12/24/1814 | Treaty of Ghent (end of War of 1812) signed |
| Special : | 08/13/1814 | Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves |
| Special : | 02/01/1814 | Volcano Mayon on Luzon Phillipines erupts killing 1,200 |
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