What is 1813?
{{Year nav|1813}} {{Year in various calendars|1813}} '''1813''' ([[Roman numerals|MDCCCXIII]]) was a [[common year]] [[Common year starting on Friday|starting on Friday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === January – March === * [[February 11]] – [[Fort Meigs]]: Leftwich is not successful, and when he leaves, Major Amos Stoddard takes the command of the post. * [[February 26]] – The Secretary of War orders Colonel R. M. Johnson to get ready a group of mounted volunteers who will serve from 4–6 months after being called into active service. * February late– General Harrison sends out an expedition to burn the British vessels at [[Malden]] by going across [[Lake Erie]] via the [[Bass Islands]] in sleighs, but the ice is not hard enough and the expedition returns. * [[March 22]] – Col. R. M. Johnson puts out an order for raising a regiment of mounted volunteers in [[Kentucky]]. === April – June === * [[April 8]] – Colonel [[James Ball]] arrives at [[Fort Meigs]] with 200 [[dragoon]]s. * [[April 27]] - [[War of 1812]]: [[Battle of York]] - [[United States]] troops raid, destroy, but do not hold the capital of [[Ontario]], York (present day [[Toronto, Ontario]]). * [[May 2]] – [[Napoleon]] wins the [[Battle of Lützen (1813)|Battle of Lützen]] * [[May 11]]– [[Gregory Blaxland]], [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]] and [[William Wentworh]] left on an expedition to cross the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] * [[May 20]]-[[May 21]] – [[Napoleon]] wins the [[Battle of Bautzen]] * [[May 27]] – [[War of 1812]]: In [[Canada]], [[United States]] forces capture [[Fort George, Ontario|Fort George]]. * [[June 6]] – [[War of 1812]]: [[Battle of Stoney Creek]] – A [[United Kingdom|British]] force of 700 under [[John Vincent (general)|John Vincent]] defeat an [[United States|American]] force three times its size under [[William Winder]] and [[John Chandler]]. [[Gregory Blaxland]], [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Laws