See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
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 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Lützen.
May 20-May 21 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Bautzen.
May 27 - War of 1812: In Canada, United States forces capture Fort George.
June-Autumn - series of victories of the Duke of Wellington (and others) over Napoleon
Bonaparte.
July 5 - War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and
Plattsburgh, New York begin.
August 19 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
August 26-August 27 - Napoleon wins the Battle of Dresden.
September - Robert Southey becomes Poet Laureate of Britain
September 10 - War of 1812: Oliver Perry defeats a British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie.
October 5 - War of 1812:
William Henry Harrison defeats the British at the Battle of the
Thames, killing native leader Tecumseh.
October 16-October 19 - Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Leipzig.
October 25 - War of 1812: Charles de Salaberry defeats an American invasion at the Battle
of Chateauguay.
November 11 - War of 1812: the Americans are defeated at the Battle of Chrysler's Farm.
November 20 - Triumvirat proclaims the government of the Netherlands in name of the
king of orange.
December 29 - War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
Russian troops reach and take Berlin without a fight after the French garrison evacuated
the city.
Births:
January 12 -
Jozua (Josué) van den Houten.
January 19 - Sir
Henry Bessemer, inventor.
February 11 -
Otto Ludwig, German novelist/playwright/critic.
March 9 -
Giuseppe Verdi, italian opera composer.
March 18 -
Cornelis Janse Volaart.
March 19 -
David Livingstone, missionary and explorer (+ 1873).
March 27 -
Nathaniel Currier, illustrator.
May 22 -
Richard Wagner, German composer.
June 6 -
Jacobus Grootenboer.
November 21 -
Willemina (Guillemine) Evertse.
November 25 -
Leuntje van den Tol.
December 9 -
Maria van den Houten.
Abbas I - pasha of Egypt.
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher.
Baptized:
Adriana Joanna van den Houten.
Deaths:
Empress
Go-Sakuramachi of Japan.
April 27 - General
Zebulon Pike.
August 23 -
Alexander Wilson, ornithologist.
October 5 - Tecumseh.
November 12 -
Jean de Crévecoeur, French-American writer.
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