Year (''' MDCCCXIV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- - American Major General Jacob Brown defeats British General Phineas Riall at Chippewa, Ontario .
- Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara Falls, Ontario to halt Jacob Brown 's American invaders.
- - Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall 's British and Canadian force, and bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown 's American s commences at 18.00; Americans retreat to Fort Erie .
- August 7 - Pope Pius VII reestablish the Society Of Jesus (Jesuits) all over the world, after having approved their survival and existence in Russia.
- August 12 - In England , the last hanging under the Black Act - William Potter for cutting down an Orchard - even the Judge petitioned for reprieve.
- August 13 - signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty Of 1814 .
- August 24 - During the War Of 1812 , British troops occupy Washington, DC , setting numerous buildings on fire, including the Capitol.
- August 28 - Alexandria, Virginia offers surrender to the British fleet without a fight.
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- at Baltimore .
: Bombardment of Fort McHenry .]]
- January 1 - Hong Xiuquan , Chinese rebel (d. 1864 )
- January 27 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , French architect (d. 1879 )
- February 18 - Samuel Fenton Cary , American politician and temperance activist (d. 1900 )
- March 9 - Taras Shevchenko , Ukrainian poet, nationalist, and founder of the Ukrainian language (d. 1861 )
- April 3 - Lorenzo Snow , fifth president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901 )
- April 21 - Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts , English philanthropist (d. 1906 )
- May 12 - Adolf Von Henselt , German composer
- May 30 - Mikhail Bakunin , Russian anarchist (d. 1876 )
- August 8 - Esther Morris , American suffragist and judge (d. 1902 )
- August 10 - Henri Nestlé , German-born Swiss chocolate magnate (d. 1890 )
- August 13 - Anders Jonas Ångström , Swedish physicist (d. 1874 )
- August 23 - James Roosevelt Bayley , first Bishop Of Newark, New Jersey , and the eighth Archbishop Of Baltimore (d. 1877 )
- August 28 - Sheridan Le Fanu , Irish writer (d. 1873 )
- September 2 - Ernst Curtius , German archaeologist and historian (d. 1896 )
- September 8 - Charles-Étienne Brasseur De Bourbourg , French writer and historian (d. 1874 )
- October 4 - Jean-François Millet , French painter (d. 1875 )
- October 15 - Mikhail Lermontov , Russian writer (d. 1841 )
- November 6 - Adolphe Sax , Belgian instrument maker and inventor (d. 1894 )
- November 22 - Serranus Clinton Hastings , American politician (d. 1893 )
- ''date unknown'' - Táhirih , Persian Bahá'í heroine
: ''See also .''
- July 12 - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe , British general
- July 19 - Captain Matthew Flinders , English explorer of the coasts of Australia (b. 1774 )
- August 21 - Antonio Carnicero , Spanish painter (b. 1748 )
- August 21 - Benjamin Thompson , American physicist and inventor (b. 1753 )
- August 31 - Arthur Phillip , British admiral and first governor of New South Wales (b. 1738 )
- September 8 - Marie Caroline Of Austria , queen of Ferdinand I Of The Two Sicilies , and ''de facto'' ruler (b. 1752 )
- October 19 - Mercy Otis Warren , American playwright (b. 1728 )
- November 23 - Elbridge Gerry , Vice President Of The United States Of America (b. 1744 )
- December 2 - Donatien Alphonse Francois De Sade , French writer (b. 1740 )
- December 13 - Charles Joseph, Prince De Ligne , Austrian field marshal (b. 1735 )
- December 19 - Joseph Bramah , Inventor of the hydrolic press (b. 1748 )
: ''See also .''
- Year "1814" was what inspired the name of Janet Jackson's 2nd hit album, Rhythm Nation 1814 . It was the year women could get an education beyond the 8th-grade level.
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