1813 in Germany
# 1813 in Germany

Events from the year 1813 in Germany.

## Incumbents

### Kingdoms

* Kingdom of Prussia
   * Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840)
* 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
* Grand Duke of Hesse
   * Louis I (14 August 1806 – 6 April 1830)
* 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)
* 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.
   * 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)
* Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
   * Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 - 19 August 1835)
* Principality of Lippe
   * Leopold II (5 November 1802 - 1 January 1851)
* 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)
* Duke of Brunswick
   * Frederick William (16 October 1806 – 16 June 1815)
* 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)
* Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
   * Bernhard II (24 December 1803–20 September 1866)
* Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
   * Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 1775 – 25 March 1816)

## 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
* 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)
