1813 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1813 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – George III Regent – George, Prince Regent Prime Minister – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory) Foreign Secretary – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Home Secretary - Lord Sidmouth Parliament – 5th Events 16 January – 14 Luddites hanged at York. 24 January – the Philharmonic Society of London is formed, holding its first concert on 8 March. 1 June – War of 1812: Capture of USS Chesapeake in Boston Harbor by British Royal Navy frigate . 6 June – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – a British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat an American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler. 21 June – Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria – a British, Spanish, and Portuguese force of 78,000 with 96 guns under Wellington defeats a French force of 58,000 with 153 guns under Joseph Bonaparte to end the Peninsular War. 1 July – Indian trade monopoly of the British East India Company abolished. 5 July – War of 1812: three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin. 21 July – Doctrine of