1813 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom-related events during the year of 1813
Events from the year 1813 in the United Kingdom .
Incumbents
Events
16 January – 14 Luddites hanged at York .
24 January – The Philharmonic Society of London is formed, holding its first concert on 8 March.
1 June – War of 1812 : Capture of USS Chesapeake in Boston Harbor by British Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon (1806) .[ 1]
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 – Indian trade monopoly of the British East India Company abolished.[ 1]
5 July – War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser , Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
21 July – Doctrine of the Trinity Act provides toleration for Unitarian worship.
September – Robert Southey becomes Poet Laureate .
10 September – War of 1812: Oliver Hazard Perry defeats a British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie .[ 2]
5 October – War of 1812: William Henry Harrison defeats the British at the Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada ; native leader Tecumseh is killed in battle.
7 October – Peninsular War: British troops enter France.[ 1]
13 October – Cape of Good Hope becomes a British colony.[ 1]
21 October – Nelson Monument, Liverpool unveiled.
12 December – Charlotte, Princess of Wales agrees to marry William, Prince of Orange . A dynastic match intended to strengthen ties with the Netherlands which had recently risen up against French rule
25 December – William Debenham joins Thomas Clark in a partnership to manage a draper 's store in London, origin of the Debenhams business which will run department stores until 2020.
27 December–3 January 1814 – A thick fog blankets London causing the Prince Regent to turn back from a trip to Hatfield House and a mail coach to take 7 hours to reach Uxbridge on its way to Birmingham .[ 3]
29 December – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York .
31 December
Ongoing
Undated
Publications
Births
4 January – Isaac Pitman , inventor of Pitman Shorthand (died 1897)
19 January – Henry Bessemer , metallurgist (died 1898)
15 March – John Snow , physician, pioneer epidemiologist (died 1858)
19 March – David Livingstone , Scottish missionary explorer (died 1873)
17 April – Mary Peters , née Bowley, hymn writer (died 1856)
21 May – Robert Murray M'Cheyne , Scottish clergyman (died 1843)
21 June – William Edmondstoune Aytoun , Scottish poet and academic (died 1865)
17 September – John Jabez Edwin Mayall , photographer (died 1901)
19 December – Thomas Andrews , chemist (died 1885)
29 December – Alexander Parkes , chemist (died 1890)
Frederick Scott Archer , sculptor and pioneer photographer (died 1857)
Deaths
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