1813 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1813 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory
[edit] Events
- 1 June - war of 1812: HMS Shannon captures the USS Chesapeake.[1]
- 6 June - War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek - A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat an American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
- 21 June - 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 to end the Peninsular War.
- 1 July - Indan trade monopoly of the British East India Company abolished.[1]
- 5 July - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
- September - Robert Southey becomes Poet Laureate of Britain.
- 10 September - War of 1812: Oliver Hazard Perry defeats a British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie.[2]
- 5 October - War of 1812: William Henry Harrison defeats the British at the Battle of the Thames, native leader Tecumseh was killed in battle.
- 7 October - Peninsular War: British troops enter France.[1]
- 13 October - Cape of Good Hope becomes a British colony.[1]
- 27 December–3 January 1814 - a thick fog blankets London causing the Prince Regent to turn back from a trip to Hatfield House and the Birmingham mail coach took 7 hours to reach Uxbridge.[3]
- 29 December - War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
[edit] Undated
- The early steam locomotive Puffing Billy introduced at Wylam colliery, County Durham.[1]
[edit] Publications
- 28 January - Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.[4]
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Queen Mab.
[edit] Births
- 4 January - Isaac Pitman, inventor of Pitman Shorthand (died 1897)
- 19 January - Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor (died 1898)
- 19 March - David Livingstone, missionary and explorer (died 1873)
- 21 May - Robert Murray M'Cheyne, clergyman (died 1843)
- 19 December - Thomas Andrews, chemist (died 1885)
- John Jabez Edwin Mayall, photographer (died 1901)
[edit] Deaths
- 17 June - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, sailor and politician (born 1726)
- 6 July - Granville Sharp, abolitionist (born 1735)
- 11 August - Henry James Pye, poet (born 1745)
- 23 August - Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (born 1766)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 246-247. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ (1999) The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon, 483. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia, Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
