What happened in 1813?

Battle of Leipzig

Wars & Conflicts

Huge and heavy battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)

Battle of Vitoria

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle of the Peninsular War

Battle of Lützen

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Dresden

Wars & Conflicts · Dresden

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Bautzen

Wars & Conflicts · Bautzen

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Kulm

Wars & Conflicts · Chlumec

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Großbeeren

Wars & Conflicts · Großbeeren

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Creek War

Wars & Conflicts · Southern United States

1813 regional war between opposing Creek factions, European empires, and the United States

Battle of the Thames

Wars & Conflicts · Chatham-Kent

War of 1812 battle

Battle of Hanau

Wars & Conflicts · Hanau

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Katzbach

Wars & Conflicts · Legnica

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Dennewitz

Wars & Conflicts · Berlin

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Mecca

Wars & Conflicts · Mecca

1813 battle of the Ottoman–Saudi War

Battle of Beaver Dams

Wars & Conflicts · Thorold

War of 1812 battle

Battle of San Lorenzo

Wars & Conflicts · San Lorenzo

1813 battle of the Argentine War of Independence

Siege of San Sebastián

Wars & Conflicts · San Sebastián

1813 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of the Chateauguay

Wars & Conflicts · Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site

War of 1812 battle

Battle of San Marcial

Wars & Conflicts · Irun

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Siege of Lankaran

Wars & Conflicts · Qajar Iran

1813 battle of the Russo-Persian War

Battle of the Göhrde

Wars & Conflicts · Göhrde

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Sehested

Wars & Conflicts · Sehestedt

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Frenchtown

Wars & Conflicts · Frenchtown Charter Township

1813 battle of the War of 1812

Battle of Salta

Wars & Conflicts · Salta Province

1813 battle of the Argentine War of Independence

Battle of the Bidassoa

Wars & Conflicts · Hendaye

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Jeddah

Wars & Conflicts · Jeddah

1813 battle between Ottoman Empire and First Saudi State

Battle of York

Wars & Conflicts · Toronto

War of 1812 battle

Battle of Luckau

Wars & Conflicts · Luckau

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Stoney Creek

Wars & Conflicts · Battle of Stoney Creek National Historic Site

War of 1812 battle

Battle of Castalla

Wars & Conflicts · Castalla

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Fort Mims massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Mims

Part of the Creek War (1813)

Battle of Roncesvalles

Wars & Conflicts · Roncevaux Pass

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Haynau

Wars & Conflicts · Chojnów

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Crysler's Farm

Wars & Conflicts · Battle of Crysler's Farm National Historic Site

War of 1812 battle

Siege of Hamburg

Wars & Conflicts · Hamburg

1813–1814 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Siege of Danzig

Wars & Conflicts · Gdańsk

1813 siege of Danzig during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Ordal

Wars & Conflicts · Ordal

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Sorauren

Wars & Conflicts · Sorauren

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Wartenburg

Wars & Conflicts · Wartenburg

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Nivelle

Wars & Conflicts · Nivelle

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Attock

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle of the Afghan-Sikh Wars

Battle of Ayohuma

Wars & Conflicts · Potosí Department

1813 battle in Spanish American Wars of Independence

Siege of Pamplona

Wars & Conflicts · Pamplona city

1813 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Burnt Corn

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle of the Creek War

Battle of the Nive

Wars & Conflicts · Bayonne

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Siege of Torgau

Wars & Conflicts · Torgau

1813 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Möckern

Wars & Conflicts · Möckern

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Reichenbach

Wars & Conflicts · Reichenbach

1813 battle of the Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Tolosa

Wars & Conflicts · Tolosa

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Siege of Mainz

Wars & Conflicts · Mainz

1814 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Holy Ground

Wars & Conflicts · Mississippi Territory

Historic site in Lowndes County, Alabama

Siege of Zara

Wars & Conflicts · Zadar

1813 siege

Battle of Maya

Wars & Conflicts · Amaiur-Maya

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Siege of Cattaro

Wars & Conflicts · Kotor

1814 siege

Battle of Vilcapugiou

Wars & Conflicts · Bolivia

1813 battle fought in the Argentine War of Independence

Battle of Cúcuta

Wars & Conflicts · Cúcuta

2025 battle

Battle of Medina

Wars & Conflicts · Medina Valley

1813 part of the Mexican War of Independence

Siege of Tarragona

Wars & Conflicts · Tarragona

1813 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Lüneburg

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Arnhem

Wars & Conflicts · Arnhem

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Halle

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of San Millan-Osma

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battles during the Peninsular War

Siege of Trieste

Wars & Conflicts · Trieste

1813 siege

Dano-Swedish War

Wars & Conflicts · Schleswig-Holstein

1813–1814 war between Denmark-Norway and Sweden

Battle of Araure

Wars & Conflicts · Araure

Battle fought in Venezuela on December 5, 1813

Battle of Tenancingo

Wars & Conflicts · Tenancingo de Degollado

1813 battle

Battle of Talladega

Wars & Conflicts · Mississippi Territory

1813 battle of the Creek War

Battle of Tallushatchee

Wars & Conflicts · Mississippi Territory

1813 battle of the Creek War

Battle of Fort George

Wars & Conflicts

War of 1812 battle

Battle of Altenburg

Wars & Conflicts · Altenburg

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Autossee

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle fought during the Creek War

Siege of Fort Meigs

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Meigs

Siege during the War of 1812

Siege of Dresden

Wars & Conflicts · Dresden

1813 siege during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Alto de los Godos

Wars & Conflicts · Maturín

1813 battle

Battle of Caldiero

Wars & Conflicts · Caldiero

1813 battle between Johann von Hiller's Austrian army and Eugène de Beauharnais's French army

Battle of Fort Stephenson

Wars & Conflicts · Sandusky County

War of 1812 battle

Siege of Naarden (1813-1814)

Wars & Conflicts · Naarden

Post Napoleonic liberation of the Netherlands

Battle of La Chincúa

Wars & Conflicts · Tonalá Municipality

1813 war of Mexican Independence battle

Battle of St. Michaels

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Michaels

1813 battle of the War of 1812

Battle of Ogdensburg

Wars & Conflicts · Ogdensburg

War of 1812 battle

Battle of Morales

Wars & Conflicts · Morales de Toro

1813 battle of the Peninsular War

Battle of Las Queseras del Medio

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle

Battle of Taguanes

Wars & Conflicts · Tinaquillo

1813 battle in Tinaquillo, Venezuela

Siege of Acapulco

Wars & Conflicts · Acapulco de Juárez

1813 battle in Mexico

Battle of Los Horcones

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle

Siege of Chillán

Wars & Conflicts · Chillán

1813 siege

Battle of Feistritz

Wars & Conflicts · Feistritz im Rosental

1816 Austrian-French engagement of War of the Sixth Coalition

Battle of Craney Island

Wars & Conflicts · Portsmouth

1813 battle of the War of 1812

Battle of Rosillo Creek

Wars & Conflicts

Conflict of the Mexican War of Independence

Battle of Pequereque

Wars & Conflicts

1813 battle

Siege of Breda

Wars & Conflicts · Breda

1813 siege

Battle of Yerbas Buenas

Wars & Conflicts · Yerbas Buenas

1813 battle of the Chilean War of Independence

Siege of Venice

Wars & Conflicts · Venice

1813–1814 siege

Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor

Wars & Conflicts · Sackets Harbor

1813 War of 1812 battle

Battle of Hasan Abdal

Wars & Conflicts · Hasan Abdal

Battle of Hasan Abdal in 1813, Sikh Empire vs Afghans

Battle of Lake Erie

Wars & Conflicts · Lake Erie

Battle in the War of 1812

Battle of Bornhöved

Wars & Conflicts · Bornhöved

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

Capture of USS Chesapeake

Wars & Conflicts · Massachusetts Bay

1813 naval battle between an American ship and a British ship

Fort Norfolk

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Ontario

Fort Meigs

Wars & Conflicts

historic fort in Ohio, USA

Fort Sinquefield

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Alabama

Fort Bowyer

Wars & Conflicts

historic site in Gasque, Alabama

Fort Wellington

Wars & Conflicts

historic military fortification in Ontario, Canada

Fort Armstrong

Wars & Conflicts

United States historic site

Fort Daniel

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Georgia, built 1813

Fort Carney

Wars & Conflicts

United States historic site in Alabama

Canoe Fight

Wars & Conflicts · Alabama River

1813 skirmish in the Creek War

German campaign of 1813

Wars & Conflicts · Germany

Conflict

Admirable Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Caracas

Part of the Venezuelan War of Independence (1813)

Battle of the Pyrenees

Wars & Conflicts · Pyrenees

1813 battle during the Peninsular War

Italian campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Italian Peninsula

1813–1814 military campaign

Nuku Hiva Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Nuku Hiva

1813–14 US intervention in Polynesia

Campaign in south-west France

Wars & Conflicts · Southwestern France

1813–1814 campaign during the Peninsular War

Treaty of Valençay

Politics & Government

Peace treaty

Treaty of Kalisz

Politics & Government · Kalisz

1813 treaty between Russia and Prussia

Treaty of Ried

Politics & Government · Ried

1813 treaty between Bavaria and Austria

Treaty of Töplitz

Politics & Government · Teplice

1813 treaty between Russia, Austria, and Prussia

Treaty of Fulda

Politics & Government · Fulda

1813 treaty between Württemberg and Austria

Joseph-Louis Lagrange died

People · Paris

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

Zebulon Pike died

People · York

American military officer, explorer, and writer (1779-1813)

Benjamin Rush died

People · Philadelphia

American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier died

People · Paris

French agronomist, naturalist, nutritionist, and hygienist; promoter of the potato as a food source in Europe (1737-1813)

Anders Gustaf Ekeberg died

People · Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

Swedish chemist

Robert Kerr died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish scientific writer and translator (1757–1813)

John Colter died

People · Missouri Territory

Mountain man, explorer

William George Browne died

People · Iran

British explorer

Rosa Zárate died

People · Quito

Ecuadorian feminist and independence activista 1763-1813

Alexander Wilson died

People · Philadelphia

Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator (1766-1813)

Peter Jacob Hjelm died

People · Storkyrkoförsamlingen

Swedish chemist

François Étienne de La Roche died

People · Paris

Genevan naturalist and physician (1781-1813)

Georg Adolf Suckow died

People · Heidelberg

German physicist, chemist, mineralogist, mining engineer and naturalist (1751-1813)

Francis Home died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish physician (1719-1813)

Johann Friedrich Hennert died

People · Utrecht

German mathematician

Bonaventure Corti died

People · Reggio Emilia

Italian naturalist (1729-1813)

József Kiss died

People · Sombor

Hungarian engineer (1748-1813)

Girolamo Saladini died

People · Bologna

Italian mathematician (1731-1813)

Andrzej Gawroński died

People · Kraków

Roman Catholic bishop

Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet died

People · San Sebastián

British Army officer

Ilya Gruzinov died

People · Vilna Governorate

Russian anatomist

Heinrich Röntgen died

People · Morocco

German explorer

Charles-Pierre Boullanger died

People · Paris

French cartographer (1772-1813)

Rebecca Boone died

People · St. Charles County

American pioneer (1739-1813)

Carl Stenborg died

People · Djurgården

Swedish opera singer (1752-1813)

Fredrica Löf died

People · Torsåker parish

Swedish actress (1760-1813)

Louise Contat died

People · Paris

French actress

Étienne Ozi died

People · Paris

French musician

Friedrich Ramm died

People · Munich

German musician

Friedrich Bossan died

People · Dessau

German actor

Jakoba Wouters died

People · Amsterdam

Actor (1751-1813)

Richard Wagner born

People · Leipzig

Born in Leipzig. German composer (1813–1883).

Giuseppe Verdi born

People · Le Roncole

Born in Le Roncole. Italian opera composer (1813–1901).

Søren Kierkegaard born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855).

David Livingstone born

People · Blantyre

Born in Blantyre. Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873).

Claude Bernard born

People · Saint-Julien

Born in Saint-Julien. French physiologist (1813-1878).

Friedrich Hebbel born

People · Wesselburen

Born in Wesselburen. German poet and dramatist (1813-1863).

Ivar Andreas Aasen born

People · Ørsta Municipality

Born in Ørsta Municipality. Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of Nynorsk (1813 – 1896).

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš born

People · Njeguši

Born in Njeguši. Prince-Bishop of Montenegro.

Franz Miklosich born

People · Radomerščak

Born in Radomerščak. Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891).

Jørgen Moe born

People · Hole

Born in Hole. Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop (1813–1882).

John C. Frémont born

People · Savannah

Born in Savannah. American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890).

Louise-Victorine Ackermann born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French poet (1813-1890).

Nikolay Ogarev born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian poet, historian and political activist (1813-1877).

Otto Ludwig born

People · Eisfeld

Born in Eisfeld. German dramatist (1813-1865).

Karel Sabina born

People · Prague

Born in Prague. Czech writer, poet, journalist, philosopher, translator, literary critic and politician (1813–1877).

Frédéric Ozanam born

People · Milan

Born in Milan. French scholar (1813-1853).

Pierre Alphonse Laurent born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French mathematician (1813–1854).

John Sedgwick born

People · Cornwall

Born in Cornwall. American military officer (1813–1864).

Timofey Granovsky born

People · Oryol

Born in Oryol. Russian historian (1813-1855).

Carl Jaenisch born

People · Vyborg

Born in Vyborg. Finnish and Russian chess player and theorist (1813-1872).

Félix Ravaisson-Mollien born

People · Namur

Born in Namur. French academic (1813–1900).

Otto Jahn born

People · Kiel

Born in Kiel. German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist (1813-1869).

Gaëtan de Rochebouët born

People · Angers

Born in Angers. Prime Minister of France (1813-1899).

Georg Waitz born

People · Flensburg

Born in Flensburg. German historian for history of law and medieval studies (1813-1886).

David Dixon Porter born

People · Chester

Born in Chester. United States Navy admiral (1813-1891).

Go-Sakuramachi died

People · Kyoto

Died in Kyoto. Empress regnant of Japan (1740-1813).

Sophia Magdalena of Denmark died

People · Ulriksdal Palace

Died in Ulriksdal Palace. Queen consort of Sweden (1746-1813).

János Simor born

People · Székesfehérvár

Born in Székesfehérvár. Cardinal (1813-1891).

Rajendra of Nepal born

People · Kathmandu

Born in Kathmandu. King of Nepal from 1816 to 1847.

Paul Melchers born

People · Münster

Born in Münster. Catholic cardinal (1813-1895).

Muhammad III as-Sadiq born

People · Le Bardo

Born in Le Bardo. Bey of Tunis (1859-1882).

Svati Tirunal born

People · Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor

Born in Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor. Maharajah of Travencore (1813-1846).

Jena Observatory

Science & Technology

Astronomical observatory

Liverpool Hospital

Science & Technology · Sydney

Hospital in New South Wales, Australia

Villa Sola Busca, Tremezzo

Science & Technology

5-star Villa hotel on Lake Como on Lake Como

Abu Simbel

Exploration & Discovery · Abu Simbel

UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt

Motu One

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Double Herm of Socrates and Seneca

Exploration & Discovery · Pergamon Museum

Ancient Roman statue from the first half of the third century AD.

Mosque Nur ul-Ihsan

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Cambodia

Husarentempel

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Lower Austria

St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Omsk, Russia

Hung Shing Temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Cheung Chau

Temple in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong

Anu Mahaprabhu Mandir

Religion & Belief Systems

Heritage temple of Nabadwip

Anandabhairavi temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Sukharia

Temple in Sukharia, Hooghly district

Furen Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Daxi, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Transfiguration Cathedral, Belgorod

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Russia

Cyricus and Julitta Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Cavaria with Premezzo, Italy

Wenchang Temple, Xinzhuang

Religion & Belief Systems

Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Rüschegg in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Nyack

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Upper Nyack, United States of America

Reformed Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Clergy house in Corgémont in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

ContiGroup Companies

Economy & Trade · 277 Park Avenue

Grain company, formerly Continental Grain

Haldens Bomuldspinderi & Væveri

Economy & Trade · Halden

Norwegian cotton textile company

Nantgarw Pottery

Economy & Trade

UK business

Eight Trigrams Uprising of 1813

Social Movements & Revolutions · Forbidden City

Political uprising in China

Sans-Souci Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Haiti

St. Francis of Assisi Church, Oranjestad

Architecture & Engineering · Oranjestad

Church in Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands

St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone

Architecture & Engineering

Anglican church in London, England, UK

Eikefjord Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kinn, Norway

De Bosset Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Argostoli

Bridge in Kefalonia island, Greece

First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica

Architecture & Engineering

Church in New York, United States

First Shot bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria

Baptist Chapel, Great Warford

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK

Carmine Church (Ouro Preto)

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic temple located at Ouro Preto

Fort Amherst

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Caravanserai Olimjon

Architecture & Engineering

Fort Mississauga

Architecture & Engineering · Niagara

Historic British fort in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Statue of Robert Milligan

Architecture & Engineering · West India Quay

Sculpture by Richard Westmacott

North Carolina-South Carolina Cornerstone

Architecture & Engineering

historic boundary marker located near Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Ximenes Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

building in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Nelson Monument

Architecture & Engineering · Liverpool

Monument to Admiral Horatio Nelson, in Exchange Flags, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Kingdom of Westphalia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kassel

Kingdom of Westphalia ceased to exist, having been centered at Kassel.

Grand Duchy of Berg dissolved

Empires & Countries · Düsseldorf

Grand Duchy of Berg ceased to exist, having been centered at Düsseldorf.

Banten Sultanate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Serang

Banten Sultanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Serang.

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands founded

Empires & Countries · Amsterdam

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands was founded, with its capital at Amsterdam.

Second Republic of Venezuela founded

Empires & Countries · Caracas

Second Republic of Venezuela was founded, with its capital at Caracas.

Revolutionary Serbia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Topola

Revolutionary Serbia ceased to exist, having been centered at Topola.

Kaitag Utsmiate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Madzhalis

Kaitag Utsmiate ceased to exist, having been centered at Madzhalis.

Austrian Littoral founded

Empires & Countries · Trieste

Austrian Littoral was founded, with its capital at Trieste.