Year by year · 19th century

1813

1813 in world history: 22 events, 20 births, 11 deaths, 1 work, 4 states founded and 8 that came to an end. 1,122 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 1 June

    HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake off Boston

    In a fight lasting about fifteen minutes, HMS Shannon took the American frigate Chesapeake. The dying American captain James Lawrence's words, 'Don't give up the ship', became a US Navy motto.

    Boston

  2. 21 June

    Wellington routs Joseph Bonaparte at Vitoria

    Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese and Spanish army broke the French in northern Spain, capturing their baggage train. Joseph fled, and French rule in Spain collapsed.

  3. 10 September

    Oliver Hazard Perry wins the Battle of Lake Erie

    Perry's American squadron captured the entire British force on Lake Erie. His message 'We have met the enemy and they are ours' heralded the recovery of Detroit and the American north-west.

  4. 16 October

    The Battle of Leipzig begins

    Austrian, Prussian, Russian and Swedish armies attacked Napoleon around Leipzig. With some 600,000 soldiers engaged over three days, the 'Battle of the Nations' was the largest in Europe before the First World War.

    First World WarNapoleon

  5. 19 October

    Napoleon retreats after defeat at Leipzig

    The Battle of the Nations ended with Napoleon's army in retreat from Leipzig, its rearguard trapped when a bridge was blown too early. He lost control of Germany, and the Allies invaded France within months.

    NapoleonAllies

  6. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Gulistan

    The Treaty of Gulistan was signed in October 1813 between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran, ending the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813.

  7. Battle

    Battle of Hanau

    The Battle of Hanau was fought on 30–31 October 1813 near Hanau in Hesse, where an Austro-Bavarian army under Karl Philipp von Wrede tried to cut off Napoleon's retreat to France after his defeat at Leipzig.

  8. Campaign

    Admirable Campaign

    The Admirable Campaign was Simón Bolívar's military campaign of 1813 in which he advanced from New Granada across the Andes into western Venezuela and drove back the royalists in a series of victories.

  9. Battle

    Battle of the Thames

    The Battle of the Thames was fought on 5 October 1813 near Moraviantown in Upper Canada, now Ontario.

  10. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Valençay

    The Treaty of Valençay was signed on 11 December 1813 at the château of Valençay in France, where Napoleon held the deposed Ferdinand VII.

  11. Treaty

    Treaty of Fulda

    The Treaty of Fulda was concluded on 2 November 1813 between Austria and the Kingdom of Württemberg after the Battle of Leipzig.

  12. Treaty

    Treaty of Ried

    The Treaty of Ried was signed on 8 October 1813 at Ried im Innkreis between Bavaria and Austria.

  13. Treaty

    Treaty of Stockholm (1813)

    The Treaty of Stockholm of 3 March 1813 was an alliance between Britain and Sweden against Napoleon.

  14. Treaty

    Treaty of Kalisz (1813)

    The Treaty of Kalisz (Kalisch) was signed on 28 February 1813 between Russia and Prussia after Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Moscow.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1813 20

Died in 1813 11

Works 1

States founded 4

States that came to an end 8

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