In history, year 1813 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1813.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 28 january | The novel Pride and Prejudice by English author Jane Austen was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript that she originally wrote between 1796 and 1797. |
| 03 february | Argentine War of Independence-José de San Martín and his Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers gained a largely symbolic victory againsta royalist army in the Battle of San Lorenzo. |
| 13 april | A 'miserable' new parish church for Reculver was consecrated, replacing a 1,144-year-old church which had been mostly demolished in1809, despite being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon church architecture andsculpture. |
| 11 may | William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first Europeans confirmed to cross the Blue Mountains. |
| 06 june | War of 1812-The British ambushed an American encampment nearpresent-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers. |
| 22 june | War of 1812-After learning of American plans for a forthcoming surprise attack, Laura Secord set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from Queenston, Ontario, Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant JamesFitzGibbon. |
| 30 august | Creek War-A force of Creeks, belonging to the Red Sticksfaction killed hundreds of settlers in Fort Mims in Alabama. |
| 31 august | Peninsular War-At the Battle of San Marcial, the Spanish Army of Galicia under Manuel Alberto Freire turned back Nicolas Soult's lastmajor offensive against Arthur Wellesley's allied army. |
| 10 september | War of 1812-American forces led by Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British on Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay, Ohio. |
| 26 october | War of 1812-A force consisting of about 1,630 French Canadianregulars and militia and Mohawk warriors under Charles de Salaberryrepulsed an American force of about 4,000 attempting to invade Canada. |
| 11 november | War of 1812-A British–Canadian force repelled an Americanattack in the Battle of Crysler's Farm, forcing the latter to give uptheir attempt to capture Montreal. |
| 08 december | Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (audio featured) premiered in Vienna with the composer himself conducting. |
| 25 July | The first boat race competition in India was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 19 October | The war of Lapzing ended. |
| 06 November | Mexico gained independence from Spain. |
| 24 January | The Philharmonic Society was founded in London (later the Royal Philharmonic Society). |
| 09 February | Prussia abolished the canton system. |
| 04 March | James Madison was sworn in as President of the United States for a second term. |
| 08 April | Colonel James Ball came to Fort Meigs with 200 dragons. |
| 02 May | Napoleon won against the German alliance in the Battle of Luton. |
| 06 June | Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Wentworth returned home after crossing the Blue Mountains. |
| 13 July | Italy's National Military Police "Carbineri " was established by Victor Emmanuel I as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia. |
| 12 August | Austria declared war on France. |
| 06 September | Napoleon's forces were again defeated by Prussia and Russia at the Battle of Denwitz. |
| 02 October | The Philosophy Society of the University of Pennsylvania was founded (the oldest extant literary society in the United States). |
| 21 November | An independent government was restored in the Netherlands. |
| 29 December | In the War of 1812, British soldiers burned buffaloes in New York. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 02 June | Daniel Pollen / Politician / New Zealand |
| 04 January | Isaac Pitman / Educator / United Kingdom |
| 05 May | Søren Kierkegaard / Author / Denmark |
| 11 February | Otto Ludwig / Author / Germany |
| 12 July | Claude Bernard / Academic / France |
| 13 September | John Sedgwick / Educator / United States of America |
| 15 March | John Snow / Physician / United Kingdom |
| 16 June | Otto Jahn / Archaeologist / Germany |
| 17 October | Georg Büchner / Poet / Switzerland |
| 18 March | Christian Friedrich Hebbel / Poet / Germany |
| 19 January | Henry Bessemer / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 20 June | Joseph Autran / Poet / France |
| 20 November | Franc Miklošič / Philologist / Slovenia |
| 21 January | John C. Frémont / Explorer / United States of America |
| 23 October | Ludwig Leichhardt / Explorer / Germany |
| 23 April | Frédéric Ozanam / Historian / France |
| 24 June | Henry Ward Beecher / Politician / United States of America |
| 26 January | Juan Pablo Duarte / Philosopher / Dominican Republic |
| 30 November | Louise-Victorine Ackermann / Poet / France |
| 30 November | Charles-Valentin Alkan / Painist / France |