1813 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1813 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Tory

Events

* 1 June - war of 1812: HMS "Shannon" captures the USS "Chesapeake".cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 246-247|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 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.
* 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. [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1|pages=483]
* 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.
* 13 October - Cape of Good Hope becomes a British colony.
* 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."The London Encyclopaedia", Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8]
* 29 December - War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

Undated

* The early steam locomotive "Puffing Billy" introduced at Wylam colliery, County Durham.

Publications

* 28 January - Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice". [cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800-1820|accessdate=2007-09-11]
* Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Queen Mab".

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)

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)

References

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