1813 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany|1813}}
Events from the year 1813 in Germany.
Incumbents
= Kingdoms =
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840){{Cite web |last=Tikkanen |first=Amy |date=30 July 2018 |title=Federick William III |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-III |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825)
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827)
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Frederick I (22 December 1797 – 30 October 1816)
= Grand Duchies =
- Grand Duke of Baden
- Charles 10 June 1811 – 8 December 1818{{cite web|last=von Weech|first=Friedrich|title=Karl Ludwig Friedrich|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/artikelADB_pnd102285020.html |work=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|accessdate=25 July 2010|page=Onlinefassung|language=German}}
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830){{cite book|title=Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans| trans-title=Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AINPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA38|year=1768|publisher=Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel|location=Bourdeaux|language=fr|page=38}}
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick Francis I– (24 April 1785 – 1 February 1837)
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Charles II (2 June 1794 – 6 November 1816){{cite book |last= Huish |first= Robert | title =Public and Private Life His Late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty George The Third | publisher =T. Kelly | year =1821 | page =170 }}
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Wilhelm (6 July 1785 –2 July 1823 ) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.{{cite web |title=Oldenburg Royal Family |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Oldenburg_Royal_Family.htm |website=Monarchies of Europe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317161934/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Oldenburg_Royal_Family.htm |access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=17 March 2006 }}
- Peter I (2 July 1823 - 21 May 1829)
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Karl August (1809–1815)
= Principalities =
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- George William (13 February 1787 - 1860)
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 - 28 June 1867){{cite web|title=Monarchies of Europe|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Mecklenburg_Strelitz_Royal_Family.htm#24.7336|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614023242/http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Mecklenburg_Strelitz_Royal_Family.htm|archivedate=14 June 2007}}
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
- Principality of Lippe
- Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851){{cite book |year=1850 |publisher=Justus Perthes |edition=87th |title=Almanach de Gotha |page=38 }}
- Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Heinrich XIII (28 June 1800-29 January 1817)
- Waldeck and Pyrmont
- George I (24 September 1812 – 9 September 1813)
- George II (9 September 1813 - 15 May 1845)
= Duchies =
- Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
- Leopold III (16 December 1751 – 9 August 1817)J. Morley, "The Bauhaus Effect," in Social Utopias of the Twenties (Germany: Müller Bushmann press, 1995), 11.
- Duke of Brunswick
- Frederick William (16 October 1806 – 16 June 1815)Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766.
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Ernest I (9 December 1806 – 12 November 1826){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Ernest I.|volume=9|page=751}}
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard II (24 December 1803–20 September 1866){{cite web|url=http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie/georg-i.php|title=Biografie Georg I (German)|publisher=Meininger Museen|accessdate=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915152148/http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie/georg-i.php|archive-date=15 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
- Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 1775 – 25 March 1816){{cite book|last=Albinus|first=Robert|title=Lexikon der Stadt Königsberg Pr. und Umgebung|publisher=Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg|year=1985|isbn=3-7921-0320-6|location=Leer|pages=371|language=de}}
Events
- 9 February – Prussia abolishes the canton system and establishes universal conscription.
- 28 February – Napoleonic Wars: Treaty of Kalisch – Prussia and Russia sign alliance against France
- 4 March – The French garrison evacuates Berlin, leaving Russian troops able to reach and take the city without a fight.
- 14 March – Mecklenburg-Schwerin joins the coalition
- 17 March – Prussia declares war on France, establishes Landwehr and introduces the Iron Cross military award (backdated to 10 March) and issues An Mein Volk proclamation
- 18 March – Russian Cossacks capture Hamburg
- 5 April – Battle of Möckern: Prusso-Russian victory over France
- 20 April – Saxony signs treaty of armed neutrality with Austria
- 21 April – Frederick William III of Prussia establishes the Landsturm
- 25 April – Bavaria announces its neutrality
- 27 April – French garrison of Spandau capitulates
- 2 May – Battle of Lützen – Napoleon wins against the German alliance.
- 20/21 May – Battle of Bautzen – French victory over the coalition
- 26 May – Battle of Haynau – Prussian victory against France
- 31 May – French troops retake Hamburg
- 4 June – Battle of Luckau – Coalition victory
- 4 June – Truce of Pläswitz begins between France, Prussia and Russia
- 14/15/27 June – Treaties of Reichenbach – between Great Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria
- 12 July – Trachenberg Plan adopted by the Allies
- 11 August – Austria declares war on France
- 16 August – The truce ends
- 23 August – Battle of Großbeeren: Napoleon is defeated by Prussia and Sweden.
- 26 August – Battle of the Katzbach: Napoleon's troops are defeated by Prussia and Russia.
- 26–27 August – Battle of Dresden: Napoleon's troops are victorious.
- 27 August – Battle of Hagelberg: Prusso-Russian victory
- 29–30 August – First Battle of Kulm: French Marshal Vandamme is defeated and captured, by allied Coalition forces from Russia, Prussia and Austria.
- 4 September: In the gaming records of Hans Carl Leopold von der Gabelentz the name of Germany's national card game, "Scat" (now Skat, appears for the time.
- 6 September – Battle of Dennewitz: The armies of Napoleon are defeated by Prussia and Russia.
- 9 September – Treaty of Töplitz – between Prussia, Austria and Russia
- 17 September – Second Battle of Kulm: The Allied Coalition is victorious; Napoleon is forced to halt his advance on Teplitz.
- 18 September – Battle of the Göhrde – Coalition victory
- 28 September – Battle of Altenburg – Coalition victory
- 29 September – Combat of Roßlau – Coalition victory
- 3 October – Battle of Wartenburg – Prussian victory
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- 8 October – Treaty of Ried – Bavaria allies with the Coalition against France
- 14 October – Bavaria declares war on France
- 16–19 October – Battle of Leipzig: Napoleon is defeated by the forces of the Sixth Coalition. More than 600,000 troops are in the field, with well over 20% 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.
- 26 October – King Jérôme leaves Kassel, effectively dissolving the Kingdom of Westphalia
- 30–31 October – Battle of Hanau: Napoleon defeats Bavarian-Austrian force.
- 2 November – Treaty of Fulda – Württemberg joins the Coalition
- 11 November – French garrison of Dresden capitulates
- 20 November – Baden joins the coalition
- 21 November – William I enters Kassel and is restored as Elector of Hesse
- 23 November – Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau join the coalition
- 7 December – Battle of Bornhöved
- 8 December – Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, together with his Wellington's Victory, are premiered in Vienna under the composer's baton, in a benefit concert for Austrian and Bavarian soldiers wounded at the Battle of Hanau.
- 10 December – Battle of Sehested
- 31 December – Blücher's Army of Silesia crosses the Rhine
Births
- 11 February – Otto Ludwig, German writer (d. 1865)
- 18 March – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet, playwright (d. 1863)
- 1 April – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, German mineralogist (d. 1899)
- 22 May – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
- 17 October – Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
Deaths
- 20 January –Christoph Martin Wieland, German writer (b. 1733)
- 3 April – Friederike Brion, first great love of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (b. 1752)
- 28 June –Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (b. 1755)
- 26 August – Theodor Körner, German author, soldier (b. 1791)