1813

Events

• September 19 - American Indian Wars: an armed conflict between the U. S. Army and the Potawatomi and the Kickapoo begins in the Peoria County, Illinois area.
• August 23 – Napoleon is defeated by Prussia and Sweden at the battle of Großbeeren.
• August 26 – At the battle of Katzbach, Napoleon's troops are defeated by Prussia and Russia.
• October 16 to 19 - Napoleon is defeated by the forces of the Sixth Coalition at the Battle of Leizpig. More than 600,000 troops are in the field, with well over 10% killed, wounded or missing. Many of the German states forming the Confederation of the Rhine defect from Napoleon to the Coalition, as a result of the battle.