What Happened in January 1814

Historical Events

Jan 2 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair", a long tale in verse

Jan 14 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
Jan 22 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held in New York City
Jan 28 Stendahl's 1st book is published
Jan 29 War of the Sixth Coalition: Russia and Prussia are defeated by France in the Battle of Brienne
Jan 31 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.

Jan 1 Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
Jan 8 Johannes Kneppelhout, Dutch writer, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1885)
Jan 10 Aubrey de Vere, Irish poet and critic (Victorian Observer), born in Toreen, Republic of Ireland (d. 1902)
Jan 11 James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), born in Great Yarmouth, England (d. 1899)
Jan 11 Richard Griffith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
Jan 12 Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), (d. 1890)
Jan 14 Johannes Josephus Viotta, Dutch physician and composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1859)
Jan 17 Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey), born in Worcester, England (d. 1887)
Jan 21 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, English organist, composer and educator (Cathedral Music), born in London, England (d. 1856)
Jan 24 Abraham van Stolk, Dutch art collector (d. 1896)
Jan 25 Francis Harrison Pierpont, American lawyer and politician (Union), born in Morgantown, West Virginia (d. 1899)
Jan 26 Rufus King, American newspaper editor, politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1876)
Jan 27 Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (restored medieval monuments including city of Carcassonne), born in Paris, France (d. 1879)
Jan 30 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French-Belgian glass painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1891)

Jan 5 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, dies at 72
Jan 21 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (Paul et Virginie), dies at 77
Jan 27 Philip Astley, English circus owner "Father of the Modern Circus", dies at 72
Jan 29 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51