Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
Years: 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 - 1813 - 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818
Events
- June-Autumn - series of victories of the duke of Wellington (and others) over Napoleon
- August 19 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
- September - Robert Southey becomes Poet Laureate of Britain
- December 29 - War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York
Births
- February 11 - Otto Ludwig, German novelist/playwright/critic.
- May 22 - Richard Wagner, German composer
- Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
- Giuseppe Verdi, italian opera composer
Deaths