Major Events
- Jan 28 Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom
- May 23 South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator")
- Sep 10 American Naval Commander Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British in Battle of Lake Erie
- Oct 5 Battle of the Thames; American forces under General William Henry Harrison defeat Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies led by Henry Procter near Chatham, Upper Canada
- Oct 16 Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria and Russia
- Nov 6 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
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1813 in Music
- Dec 8 Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres in Vienna with Beethoven conducting
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- Mar 29 John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)
- Dec 19 Future business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (19) marries his cousin Sophia Johnson
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