1814 Disestablishments In The United States

Events

January

* January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine.
* January 3
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison surrenders to the British after ten days of bombardment.
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of Metz.
* January 5 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Puruarán: Spanish Royalists defeat Mexican Rebels.
* January 11 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Hoogstraten: Prussian forces under Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow defeat the French.
* January 14
** Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway into personal union with Sweden, in exchange for west Pomerania. This marks the end of the real union of Denmark-Norway.
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Antwerp: Allied forces besiege French Antwerp.
* January 19 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Ragusa: Allied siege of French town begins.
* January 22, January 24 – War of 1812 – Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Red Sticks.
* January 24 – War of the Sixth Coalition – First Battle of Bar-sur-Aube: Two Austrian and Württemberger corps wage an inconclusive battle against the French Imperial Guard.
* January 27
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Ragusa: French garrison surrenders to the British and the Austrians.
** War of 1812 – Battle of Calebee Creek: US forces under John Floyd defeat the Red Sticks in Alabama.
* January 29 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Brienne: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against von Blücher.
* January 31 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.

February

* February – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, represents Britain at the Congress of Chatillon.
* February 1
** Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupts for the second time; more than 1,200 people die and the Cagsawa Church is destroyed.
** Lord Byron's semi-autobiographical tale in verse ''The Corsair'' is published by John Murray in London, and sells 10,000 copies on this day.
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of La Rothière: Blücher's Allied army defeats the French under Napoleon.
* February 2 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Lesmont: French forces under Joseph Lagrange – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of the Mincio River: French and Italian troops under Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais fight an Austrian army to a draw.
* February 10 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Champaubert: A French army led by Napoleon effectively destroys a small Russian corps led by Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev, opening the Six Days' Campaign.
* February 11
** Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Montmirail: A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg in the Six Days' Campaign.
* February 12
** A fire destroys the Custom House in the City of London.
** War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Château-Thierry (1814): A French army led by Napoleon is victorious against Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg and Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken in the Six Days' Campaign