WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1813
Find out what all happened January to October 1813

The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats. (19. October 1813)

War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.. (11. September 1813)

Peninsular War: Battle of Victoria. (21. June 1813)

At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial. (31. August 1813)

Creek War – Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama. (30. August 1813)

War of 1812: American troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada). (27. April 1813)

Action of 7 February 1813: stalemate two evenly matched frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy, Aréthuse and HMS Amelia. (7. February 1813)

Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things". (10. August 1813)

The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria. (8. October 1813)

First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance. (30. August 1813)

Battle of Beaver Dams: a British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army. (24. June 1813)

The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig. (16. October 1813)

At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army. (23. August 1813)

In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century. (11. May 1813)

French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. (27. August 1813)

War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force two times its size under William Winder and John Chandler. (6. June 1813)

James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, gives his final order: "Don't give up the ship!" (1. June 1813)

Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla. (30. September 1813)

Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. (20. February 1813)

José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence. (3. February 1813)