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Events from the year 1813 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents- Monarch – George III
- Regent – George, Prince Regent
- Prime Minister – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory)
- Parliament – 5th
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.
- 25 December – William Debenham joins Thomas Clark in a partnership to manage a draper's store in London, origin of the modern-day Debenhams department stores.
- 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
- The foreign secretary, Lord Castlereagh, is sent to Germany with full powers to give assistance to the allies.
- Westminster Bridge in London is illuminated by gas lighting provided by the Gas Light and Coke Company from the world's first public gasworks nearby.[4]
Ongoing- Napoleonic Wars, 1803–1815
- Peninsular War, 1808–1814
Undated- Last striking of guinea coins, to pay Wellington's army in the Pyrenees.
- The early steam locomotive Puffing Billy introduced at Wylam colliery, County Durham.[1]
- Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne established.
- Charles Waterton begins the process of turning his estate at Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, into what is, in effect, the world's first nature reserve.[5]
Publications- 28 January – Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.[6]
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Queen Mab.
- Robert Owen's A New View of Society: Essays on the Formation of Human Character.
Births- 4 January – Isaac Pitman, inventor of Pitman Shorthand (died 1897)
- 19 January – Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor (died 1898)
- 19 March – David Livingstone, missionary and explorer (died 1873)
- 21 May – Robert Murray M'Cheyne, clergyman (died 1843)
- 19 December – Thomas Andrews, chemist (died 1885)
- John Jabez Edwin Mayall, photographer (died 1901)
Deaths- 17 June – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, sailor and politician (born 1726)
- 6 July – Granville Sharp, abolitionist (born 1735)
- 11 August
- Henry James Pye, poet (born 1745)
- John Price, Welsh librarian (born 1735)
- 23 August – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (born 1766)
- 4 September – James Wyatt, architect (born 1746)
See alsoReferences1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=246–247|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=The Hutchinson Factfinder|publisher=Helicon|year=1999|isbn=1-85986-000-1|page=483}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=The London Encyclopaedia|first=Ben|last=Weinreb|author2=Hibbert, Christopher|publisher=Macmillan|year=1995|isbn=0-333-57688-8}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Gas Light and Coke Co.|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Gas_Light_and_Coke_Co|work=Grace's Guide|date=2014-05-16|accessdate=2014-05-20}}
5. ^{{cite book|first=Julia|last=Blackburn|authorlink=Julia Blackburn|title=Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: traveller and conservationist|location=London|publisher=The Bodley Head|year=1989|isbn=0-370-31248-1|pages=52–9}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1800–1820|accessdate=2007-09-11| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071017042835/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1800-1820| archivedate= 17 October 2007 }}
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