Editing 1813 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; The [[Danish state bankruptcy of 1813]] occurs.
* [[January 18]]–[[January 23|23]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The [[Battle of Frenchtown]] is fought in modern-day [[Monroe, Michigan]] between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* [[January 24]] &ndash; The Philharmonic Society (later the [[Royal Philharmonic Society]]) is founded in London. 
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' is published anonymously in London.
* [[January 31]] &ndash; The [[Assembly of the Year XIII]] is inaugurated in [[Buenos Aires]].
* [[February]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]] in North America: General [[William Henry Harrison]] sends out an expedition to burn the British vessels at [[Fort Malden]] by going across [[Lake Erie]] via the [[Bass Islands]] in sleighs, but the ice is not hard enough, and the expedition returns.
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Argentine War of Independence]]: [[José de San Martín]] and his [[Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers]] gain a largely symbolic victory against a [[Royalist (Spanish American Independence)|Spanish royalist]] army in the [[Battle of San Lorenzo]].
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[Action of 7 February 1813]] &ndash; The [[French frigate Aréthuse (1812)|French frigate ''Aréthuse'' (1812)]] and the British ship {{HMS|Amelia|1796}} engage in battle in the [[Îles de Los]] on the [[Guinea Coast]]; both ships retire unbeaten.
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] abolishes the [[Canton System (Prussia)|canton system]].
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: Construction begins on [[Fort Meigs]] in [[Ohio]], under the command of General [[William Henry Harrison]]. Major [[Amos Stoddard]] assumes command of its artillery.
* [[March 4]]
** [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The French garrison evacuates [[Berlin]], leaving Russian troops able to reach and take the city without a fight.
** [[Cyril VI of Constantinople]] is elected [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch]].
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Prussia declares war on France, and introduces the [[Iron Cross]] military award (backdated to March 10).
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[1813–1814 Malta plague epidemic]] spreads from Egypt.
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Mexican War of Independence]]: [[Battle of Rosillo Creek]] &ndash; The Republican Army of the North defeats the Spanish Royalist Army in modern-day [[Bexar County, Texas]].