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January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
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– The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the
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January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
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Siege of Cattaro: French garrison surrenders to the British after ten days of bombardment. **
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Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of
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January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 * 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...
Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence (, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional ...
Battle of Puruarán: Spanish Royalists defeat Mexican Rebels. *
January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his ...
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Battle of Hoogstraten:
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n forces under Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow defeat the French. *
January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...
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Treaty of Kiel The Treaty of Kiel () or Peace of Kiel ( Swedish and or ') was concluded between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden on one side and the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway on the other side on 14 January 1814 ...
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Frederick VI of Denmark Frederick VI ( Danish and ; 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839) was King of Denmark from 13 March 1808 until his death in 1839 and King of Norway from 13 March 1808 to 7 February 1814. He was the last king of Denmark–Norway. From 1784 until h ...
cedes the Kingdom of
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into
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with
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, in exchange for west
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. This marks the end of the real union of Denmark-Norway. **
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Siege of Antwerp: Allied forces besiege French
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January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...
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Siege of Ragusa: Allied siege of French town begins. *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...
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January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
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Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek: In northern
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, United States forces under General
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before Presidency of Andrew Jackson, his presidency, he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses ...
defeat the Red Sticks. *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
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First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube: Two Austrian and Württemberger corps wage an inconclusive battle against the French Imperial Guard. *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...
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Siege of Ragusa: French garrison surrenders to the British and the Austrians. **
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Battle of Calebee Creek: US forces under John Floyd defeat the Red Sticks in
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January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...
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Battle of Brienne: A French army led by
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
is victorious against von Blücher. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of
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February

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February February is the second month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the February 29, 29th day being called the ''leap day''. February is the third a ...
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, represents Britain at the Congress of Chatillon. *
February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
** Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupts for the second time; more than 1,200 people die and the Cagsawa Church is destroyed. **
Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-kno ...
's semi-autobiographical tale in verse '' The Corsair'' is published by John Murray in London, and sells 10,000 copies on this day. **
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Battle of La Rothière: Blücher's Allied army defeats the French under
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
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February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of " Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
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Battle of Lesmont: French forces under Joseph Lagrange defeat the Allies. *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
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Battle of the Mincio River: French and Italian troops under Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais fight an Austrian army to a draw. *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
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Battle of Champaubert: A French army led by
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
effectively destroys a small Russian corps led by Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev, opening the Six Days' Campaign. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 * 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his comin ...
** Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the
Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then in ...
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Battle of Montmirail: A French army led by
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
is victorious against Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg in the Six Days' Campaign. *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post- ...
** A fire destroys the
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in the City of London. **
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Battle of Château-Thierry (1814): A French army led by
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
is victorious against Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg and Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken in the Six Days' Campaign. ** Venezuelan War of IndependenceBattle of La Victoria (1814): Republicans defeat Spanish Royalists. *
February 14 It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase, Abbasid Revolution: The Kaysanites Shia#History, Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad ...
War of the Sixth Coalition In the War of the Sixth Coalition () (December 1812 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation (), a coalition of Austrian Empire, Austria, Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, Russian Empire, Russia, History of Spain (1808– ...
Battle of Vauchamps: A French army led by
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
is victorious against von Blücher, the last major action of the Six Days' Campaign. *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
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Battle of Garris: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean Isidore Harispe. *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...
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Battle of Mormant: A French army led by Napoleon effectively destroys a Russian division. *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...
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Battle of Montereau: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against Austrian forces. *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The ...
– The Great Stock Exchange Fraud is exposed in London. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
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Battle of Bar-sur-Aube: An Allied army led by the Prince of Schwarzenberg is victorious against the French under Jacques MacDonald. **
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Battle of Orthez: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean-de-Dieu Soult. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...
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Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes: Two French corps led by Auguste Marmont and Édouard Mortier defeat Prusso-Russian forces.


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
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Battle of Saint-Julien: Austrian Army of the South defeats the French Army of the Rhône. *
March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 ...
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Battle of Laubressel: Schwarzenberg defeats the French under MacDonald. ** Chilean War of IndependenceFirst Battle of Talca: Royalists defeat Chilean rebels. *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
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Battle of Longwoods: American raiding party defeats British regulars and militia and Indian fighters. *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Easte ...
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Battle of Berry-au-Bac: French cavalrymen led by Napoleon defeat
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under Ferdinand von Wintzingerode. *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cobl ...
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Battle of Craonne: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against combined Prussian and Russian forces under von Blücher and Vorontsov, but with French losses exceeding their opponents. *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...
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: A night attack by the British under Sir Thomas Graham on the French fortress of
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ends in failure. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
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Treaty of Chaumont signed by four Allied powers, deepening their alliance against France. ** American naval
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USS ''Enterprise'' reaches Wilmington, North Carolina, returning from participating in the
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against the United Kingdom in the
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March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes ...
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Battle of Laon: von Blücher defeats Napoleon. *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes ...
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Argentine War of Independence The Argentine War of Independence () was a secessionist civil war (until 1816) fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de ...
Battle of Martín García: The United Provinces of South America defeat the Spanish royalists. *
March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. * 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 13 ...
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Battle of Mâcon: Austrian Army of the South defeats the French Army of the Rhône. *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême enters
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March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
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Battle of Reims: Napoleon defeats a combined Russo-Prussian corps. *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
Chilean War of IndependenceBattle of El Quilo: Chilean rebels defeat Spanish royalists. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
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Battle of Limonest: Austrian and Hessian forces defeat the French Army of the Rhône. ** Chilean War of IndependenceBattle of Membrillar: Chilean rebels defeat Spanish royalists. *
March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the '' Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas ...
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Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube: Allied army defeats Napoleon. *
March 25 Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...
**
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Battle of Fère-Champenoise: Allied army led by Schwarzenberg defeats the French under Marmont and Mortier. ** '' De Nederlandsche Bank'' is established. *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...
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Battle of Saint-Dizier: Napoleon defeats the Russians under Ferdinand von Wintzingerode. *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...
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Battle of Jobourg: British squadron defeats and captures two French frigates. *
March 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend: In northern
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, United States forces under General
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defeat the Creek Indians. *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...
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Battle of Valparaíso: Two British Royal Navy ships easily defeat and capture USS ''Essex'' and a sister ship off the coast of
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. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
Chilean War of IndependenceFirst Battle of Cancha Rayada: Spanish royalists defeat Chilean rebels. *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic army is decimated by the plague. * 1282 ...
**
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: The Battle of Paris begins. **
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Battle of Lacolle Mills: British garrison defeats American attack. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
**
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: Coalition troops occupy Paris. **
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Battle of Courtrai: French forces defeat Saxons and Prussians.


April–June

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April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. * ...
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Bourbon Restoration:
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is invited to occupy the restored French throne. *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 140 ...
**
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Battle of Toulouse: The Duke of Wellington is victorious. **
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Siege of Metz is lifted by the Allies. * April 11
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Treaty of Fontainebleau: The
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ends, and
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is forced to abdicate unconditionally as Emperor of the French. *
April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
** The
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arrives in Paris, acting as Lieutenant General of the realm before the arrival of his brother, Louis XVIII of France. ** The
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is re-established. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
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Battle of Bayonne: The Allies defeat a French sortie from Bayonne. *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara ...
/ 19
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surrenders to the British Royal Navy. *
April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). * 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...
Convention of Mantua: The Napoleonic
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is returned to provisional Austrian rule. *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victor ...
** The Ligurian Republic is revived. **
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Capture of HMS ''Epervier'' by the USS ''Peacock''. * May 2
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Declaration of Saint-Ouen: Louis XVIII of France declares his support for representative government while claiming unlimited monarchical sovereignty. * May 3 ** The Duke of Provence, the future Louis XVIII of France, returns to Paris. ** Treaty of Lircay signed between Royalists and Patriots during the Chilean War of Independence. * May 4 **
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abolishes the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning the country to absolute monarchy. **
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Siege of Antwerp ends in a French capitulation. **
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Siege of Mainz ends as the French leave the fortress. *
May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
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Battle of Fort Oswego: British forces attack Fort Ontario at Oswego, New York. *
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16
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– American Raid on Port Dover and destruction of property. * May 16William Brown, Irish-born rebel leader and future Admiral of the Navy of Argentina, begins a blockade of
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, the colonial capital of Rio de la Plata."Montevideo", in ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges'', Tony Jaques, ed. (Greenwood Publishing, 2007) p682. *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explo ...
** The
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is signed and the Danish
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Christian Frederik is elected
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, by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. ** The occupation of
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changes from French to Austrian hands. **
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Battle of Buceo ends in the burning of five Spanish ships and capture of two. *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus ...
– Duke of Wellington arrives in Madrid from Paris in an attempt to avert civil war between supporters of Ferdinand VII and the opposition Liberals, including many troops who fought under him during the Peninsular War *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &nda ...
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Siege of Hamburg ends in a French capitulation. *
May 28 Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...
**
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is restored to Spanish Bourbon rule as the French garrison leaves the city. ** Venezuelan War of IndependenceBattle of Carabobo: Republican victory under
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over Spanish Royalists. *
May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops unde ...
30
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Battle of Big Sandy Creek: US forces capture British marines and sailors. * May 30
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: The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning France's borders to their
1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * January 25 – The London Corresponding Society is founded. * February 18 – Thomas Holcrof ...
extent.
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is exiled to Elba on the same day. * June 4Charter of 1814: Louis XVIII of France issues the Charter of 1814, a written constitution that retains royal supremacy and will remain in force from 1814 to 1815 and again from 1815 to 1830. *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointe ...
– Beginning of the Allied sovereigns' visit to England: Tsar
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and King
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sail from
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to
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on board the
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ship HMS ''Impregnable'' as guests of George, Prince of Wales, the regent during the incapacity of King George III. * June 12 – The poem " She Walks in Beauty" is written by
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. *
June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burn ...
– In London, Alexander, Frederick William and George exchange their ratifications of the Peace Treaty ending the war with France. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, startin ...
Gaspar de Vigodet,
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's last colonial administrator of the
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(covering nearly all of modern-day Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), surrenders the city of
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to independence fighters, led by General Carlos María de Alvear. * June 21 – The secret Eight Articles of London are signed between the Great Powers, uniting the
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under William I of the Netherlands. * June 28
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Sinking of HMS ''Reindeer'' by USS ''Wasp''.


July–September

* July 3
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Capture of Fort Erie by the Americans under Major General Jacob Brown. *
July 5 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava ( Corabia, Romania) and Oescus ( Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius. * 1316 – The Burgundian ...
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Battle of Chippawa: American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario. * July 7
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's '' Waverley'', his first prose fiction and one of the first significant
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s in English, is published anonymously by Archibald Constable in
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, selling out in two days. * July 13 – The
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(the national
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of Italy) is established by Victor Emmanuel, as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia. * July 19–July 20, 20 –
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– Siege of Prairie du Chien: British troops and Native Americans besiege and capture the frontier settlement. * July 19 –
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– Battle of Rock Island Rapids: British-allied tribes ambush and defeat an American expedition in Illinois. * July 22 –
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– The Treaty of Greenville (1814), Treaty of Greenville is signed between the U.S. government and Native American tribes. * July 25 ** George Stephenson tests his first locomotive ''Blücher (locomotive), Blücher'' successfully in England. **
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– Battle of Lundy's Lane: Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Phineas Riall, Riall's British and Canadian force, and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18.00 hours; Americans retreat to Fort Erie. * July 26 – The Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) begins with a Swedish attack. * July 28 – The revived Ligurian Republic is dissolved. * July 29 – Swedish–Norwegian War: The invasion of Hvaler ends in a Swedish victory. * July 30 – The Great fire of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria destroys the town and 907 buildings. * August 1 – The Grand Jubilee of 1814 is held in Britain, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Hanoverian Succession * August 2 – Swedish–Norwegian War: Battle of Lier (1814), Battle of Lier ends in a Norwegian victory. * August 4 **
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– Battle of Mackinac Island (1814), Battle of Mackinac Island results in a British victory over an American invasion. ** Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – Battle of Fredrikstad ends in a Swedish victory. **
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– The British Siege of Fort Erie begins. * August 5 – Swedish–Norwegian War: the Battle of Matrand ends in a Norwegian victory. * August 7 – Pope Pius VII decrees the bull ''Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum'', reestablishing the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) all over the world, after having approved their survival and existence in Russia. * August 9 ** Creek War – The Treaty of Fort Jackson is signed, ending the Creek War. ** Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – Battle of Langnes ends in a Norwegian victory. * August 12 – In England, the last hanging under the Black Act is carried out, of William Potter for cutting down an orchard (although the judge petitions for reprieve). * August 13 – The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 is signed in London, returning most possessions of the Dutch Empire acquired by the United Kingdom since 1803 to the Netherlands, although Britain retains the Cape of Good Hope and the South American settlements of Demerara, Essequibo (colony), Essequibo and Berbice (later consolidated as British Guiana). In addition, the British cede the island of Bangka Island, Banca off the island of Sumatra, in exchange for the settlement of Kochi, India, Cochin, India. * August 13–September 6 –
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– Engagements on Lake Huron result in British victory. * August 14 ** Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – The Battle of Kjølberg Bridge ends in Swedish victory. ** Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) – The Convention of Moss is signed, ending the Swedish–Norwegian War (1814), Swedish–Norwegian War. * August 24 –
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– Burning of Washington: British troops, after defeating American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg, occupy Washington, D.C., setting numerous buildings on fire, including the United States Capitol, Capitol and White House, Presidential Mansion. * August 26 – Chilean War of Independence – Battle of Las Tres Acequias ends in victory for the forces of Jose Miguel Carrera. * August 31 –
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– Battle of Caulk's Field: American militia defeats British landing. * September 1 –
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– Sinking of HMS Avon by the USS Wasp (1814), USS Wasp. * September 2 –
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– Raid on Alexandria (Virginia), Raid on Alexandria ends in a British victory. * September 3 –
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– Battle of Hampden ends in a British victory. * September 11 –
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– Battle of Plattsburgh, Battle of Lake Champlain: An American squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats the British squadron, ultimately forcing the invading army to retreat back into Canada. * September 12 –
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– Battle of North Point: An American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore. * September 13 –
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: The British bombard Fort McHenry at Baltimore. The British failure at the Battle of Baltimore is a turning point in the war, and the American defense of the fort inspires Francis Scott Key to compose the poem (later set to music as) ''The Star-Spangled Banner''. * September 21 –
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: – British Siege of Fort Erie fails. * September 27 **
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– Battle of Fayal ends in an American victory over the British. ** Hadži-Prodan's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.


October–December

* October 17 – London Beer Flood: A large vat full of porter (beer), porter owned by Meux's Brewery of London bursts, demolishing buildings and killing 8 people. * October 19 –
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: – Battle of Cook's Mills: U.S. forces defeat the British in Upper Canada. * November 1 ** Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, the Governor-General of India declares war on Kingdom of Nepal and Anglo-Nepalese War begins. ** The Congress of Vienna formally opens in Austria to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, with the European powers agreeing upon the redrawing of national borders following the victory over France; it will last until June 9, 1815. * November 4 – King Charles XIII of Sweden becomes King of Norway, as Charles II . * November 7 –
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seizes Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Florida. * December 15 –
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: The Hartford Convention is convened, by members of the American Federalist Party. * December 24 –
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: The Treaty of Ghent is signed, formally ending the war. * December 25 – Samuel Marsden of the Church Missionary Society preaches the first sermon in New Zealand, probably in the Māori language, at Rangihoua Bay, Oihi.


Date unknown

* The world's first complex machine mass-produced from interchangeable parts, Eli Terry's wooden pillar-and-scroll clock, comes off the production line in Plymouth, Connecticut, Plymouth, Connecticut.


Births


January–June

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** William Bigler, American politician (d. 1880) ** Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...
– Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879) * February 9 – Samuel J. Tilden, List of Governors of New York, 25th Governor of New York, 1876 United States presidential election, 1876 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party Presidential Nominee (d. 1886) *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 3102 BC – Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna. * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining J ...
– Samuel Fenton Cary, American politician, temperance activist (d. 1900) *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
– Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (d. 1861) * March 17 – Kamehameha III, King of the Hawaiian Islands (d. 1854) * April 3 – Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901) * April 21 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906) * May 7 – Henriette Hansen (actress), Henriette Hansen, Norwegian ballerina, singer and actor (d. 1892) * May 12 – Adolf von Henselt, German composer (d. 1889) * May 26 ** Wilhelm Engerth, Austrian architect, engineer (d. 1884) ** Heinrich Geißler, German physicist (d. 1879) * May 30 ** Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876) ** Eugène Charles Catalan, French and Belgian mathematician (d. 1894) * June 21– Paweł Bryliński, Polish sculptor (d. 1890)


July–December

* July 3 – Ferdinand Didrichsen, Danish botanist, physicist (d. 1887) * July 11 – Louis Melsens, Belgian chemist and physicist (d. 1886) * July 19 **Samuel Colt, American gun maker (d. 1862) **Ludwig von Gablenz, Austrian general (d. 1874) * August 8 – Esther Hobart Morris, Esther Morris, American suffragist, judge (d. 1902) * August 10 – Henri Nestlé, German-born Swiss chocolate magnate (d. 1890) * August 13 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874) * August 23 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American bishop (d. 1877) * August 28 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873) * September 2 – Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist, historian (d. 1896) * September 3 – James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician (d. 1897) * September 6 – George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer, politician (d. 1873) * September 7 – William Butterfield, British architect (d. 1900) * September 8 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer, historian (d. 1874) * September 27 – Daniel Kirkwood, American astronomer (d. 1895) * October 1 – Josefina Deland, Swedish women's rights activist (d. 1890) * October 4 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875) * October 7 – Susanna Dickinson, survivor of the Alamo (d. 1883) * October 15 – Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer (d. 1841) * November 6 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian musical instrument maker, inventor (d. 1894) * November 13 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879) * November 22 – Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893) * November 25 – Julius von Mayer, German physician, physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics (d. 1878) * November 26 – Luise Aston, German author, feminist (d. 1871) * December 12 – Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1870) * December 13 – Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse, matron of nursing in that country (d. 1880) * December 18 – Sarah T. Bolton, née Sarah Tittle Barrett, American poet (d. 1893)


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* Táhirih, Persian Bahá'í heroine (d. 1852) * Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist, politician (d. 1896) * Antoinette Nording, Swedish perfume entrepreneur (d. 1887)


Deaths


January–June

* January 7 – Ira Allen, founder of Vermont, leader of the Green Mountain Boys (b. 1751) * January 16 – Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe, Austrian general (b. 1752) * January 26 – Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (b. 1724) *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...
** Philip Astley, English circus promoter (b. 1742) ** Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762) * February 26 – John Cleves Symmes, American statesman (b. 1742) *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– Margaret Bingham British countess, painter and writer (b. 1740) * March 6 – Angelica Schuyler Church, daughter of Genl.Philip Schuyler, sister to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (b. 1756) * March 18 – Vincent Abbadie, French surgeon (b. 1737) *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...
– Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (b. 1738) * April 1 – Joseph de Ferraris, Austrian cartographer of the Austrian Netherlands (b. 1726) *
April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
– Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) * April 19 – Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, England (b. 1729) * May 2 ** Thomas Coke (bishop), Thomas Coke, first United Methodist Church, American Methodist Bishop (b. 1747) ** Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, Alexander Hood, British naval officer (b. 1726) * May 5 – Abdullah I Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1740) *
May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
** Stephen Amherst, English cricketer (b. 1750) ** Georg Joseph Vogler, German composer (b. 1749) *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &nda ...
– Ivan Akimov, Russian painter (b. 1754) *
May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops unde ...
– Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763) * June 14 – Antin Angelovych, Greek-Catholic metropolitan (b. 1756) * June 27 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer (b. 1752)


July–December

* July 12 – William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British general (b. 1729) * July 18 – Miles Peter Andrews, English playwright, legislator (b. 1742) * July 19 – Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of the coasts of Australia (b. 1774) * July 25 – Charles Dibdin, English composer (b. 1745) * August 21 ** Antonio Carnicero, Spanish painter (b. 1748) ** Benjamin Thompson, American physicist, inventor (b. 1753) * August 28 – Erik Must Angell, Norwegian jurist, politician (b. 1744) * August 31 – Arthur Phillip, British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738) * September 8 – Maria Carolina of Austria, queen of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, and ''de facto'' ruler (b. 1752) * September 22 – August Wilhelm Iffland, German actor (b. 1759) * October 1 – Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, French entomologist (b. 1756) * October 4 – Samuel Jackson Pratt, English writer, poet and actor (b. 1749) * October 19 – Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright (b. 1728) * November 18 – Aleijadinho, Colonial Brazil-born sculpture, sculptor and architect (b. 1730 or 1738) * November 23 – Elbridge Gerry, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 5th Vice President of the United States (b. 1744) * December 2 – Marquis de Sade, French writer for whom sadism is named (b. 1740) * December 13 – Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1735) * December 19 – Joseph Bramah, English inventor of the hydraulic press (b. 1748) * December 26 – Nicolas-François Guillard, French librettist (b. 1752)


References


Further reading

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