Editing 1814 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]] &ndash; [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]]: [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] is invited to occupy the restored [[List of French monarchs|French throne]].
* [[April 10]] 
** [[Napoleonic Wars]] &ndash; [[Battle of Toulouse (1814)|Battle of Toulouse]]: The [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]] is victorious.
** [[War of the Sixth Coalition]] &ndash; [[Siege of Metz (1814)|Siege of Metz]] is lifted by the Allies.
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]]: The [[War of the Sixth Coalition]] ends, and [[Napoleon]] is forced to abdicate unconditionally as [[Emperor of the French]]. 
* [[April 12]]
** The [[Charles X of France|Count of Artois]] arrives in Paris, acting as Lieutenant General of the realm before the arrival of his brother, [[Louis XVIII of France]].
** The [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] is re-established.
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bayonne]]: The Allies defeat a French sortie from Bayonne.
* [[April 18]]/[[April 19|19]] &ndash; [[Genoa]] surrenders to the British Royal Navy.
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Convention of Mantua]]: The Napoleonic [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]] is returned to provisional Austrian rule.
* [[April 28]] 
** The [[Ligurian Republic]] is revived.
** [[War of 1812]] &ndash; [[Capture of HMS Epervier|Capture of HMS ''Epervier'']] by the [[USS Peacock (1813)|USS ''Peacock'']].
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]] &ndash; [[Declaration of Saint-Ouen]]: [[Louis XVIII of France]] declares his support for representative government while claiming unlimited monarchical sovereignty.
* [[May 3]] 
** The Duke of Provence, the future [[Louis XVIII of France]], returns to Paris.
** [[Treaty of Lircay]] signed between Royalists and Patriots during the [[Chilean War of Independence]].
* [[May 4]] 
** [[Ferdinand VII of Spain]] abolishes the [[Spanish Constitution of 1812]], returning the country to [[absolute monarchy]].
** [[War of the Sixth Coalition]] &ndash; [[Siege of Antwerp (1814)|Siege of Antwerp]] ends in a French capitulation.
** [[War of the Sixth Coalition]] &ndash; [[Siege of Mainz (1814)|Siege of Mainz]] ends as the French leave the fortress.
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]] &ndash; [[Battle of Fort Oswego (1814)|Battle of Fort Oswego]]: British forces attack [[Fort Ontario]] at [[Oswego, New York]].
* [[May 14]]&ndash;[[May 16|16]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]] &ndash; American [[Raid on Port Dover]] and destruction of property.
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[William Brown (admiral)|William Brown]], Irish-born rebel leader and future Admiral of the Navy of Argentina, begins a blockade of [[Montevideo]], the colonial capital of Rio de la Plata.<ref name="Jaques">"Montevideo", in ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges'', Tony Jaques, ed. (Greenwood Publishing, 2007) p682.</ref>
* [[May 17]]
** The [[Constitution of Norway]] is signed and the Danish [[Crown Prince]] [[Christian VIII of Denmark|Christian Frederik]] is elected [[King of Norway]], by the [[Norwegian Constituent Assembly]].
** The [[Military occupation|occupation]] of [[Monaco]] changes from French to Austrian hands.
** [[Argentine War of Independence]] &ndash; [[Battle of Buceo]] ends in the burning of five Spanish ships and capture of two.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; Duke of Wellington arrives in Madrid from Paris in an attempt to avert civil war between supporters of Ferdinand VII and the opposition Liberals, including many troops who fought under him during the Peninsular War
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[War of the Sixth Coalition]] &ndash; [[Siege of Hamburg]] ends in a French capitulation.
* [[May 28]]
** [[War of the Sixth Coalition]] &ndash; [[Barcelona]] is restored to Spanish Bourbon rule as the French garrison leaves the city.
** [[Venezuelan War of Independence]] &ndash; [[Battle of Carabobo (1814)|Battle of Carabobo]]: Republican victory under [[Simón Bolívar]] over Spanish Royalists.
* [[May 29]]&ndash;[[May 30|30]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]] &ndash; [[Battle of Big Sandy Creek]]: US forces capture British marines and sailors.
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1814)|First Treaty of Paris]] is signed, returning France's borders to their [[1792]] extent. [[Napoleon]] is exiled to [[Elba]] on the same day.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Charter of 1814]]: [[Louis XVIII of France]] issues the [[Charter of 1814]], a written constitution that retains royal supremacy and will remain in force from 1814 to 1815 and again from 1815 to 1830.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Allied sovereigns' visit to England]]: Tsar [[Alexander I of Russia]] and King [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] sail from [[Boulogne-Sur-Mer]] to [[Dover]] on board the [[Royal Navy]] ship [[HMS Impregnable (1810)|HMS ''Impregnable'']] as guests of [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George, Prince of Wales]], the regent during the incapacity of King George III.<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Mudie|title=An Historical and Critical Account of a Grand Series of National Medals|publisher=Colburn|year=1820|page=123}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; The poem "[[She Walks in Beauty]]" is written by [[Lord Byron]].<ref>Cummings, Michael J. (2008). "[http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides5/SheWalks.html Byron's She Walks in Beauty]." Cummings Study Guides. Retrieved 2014-07-10.</ref>
* [[June 17]] &ndash; In London, Alexander, Frederick William and George exchange their ratifications of the Peace Treaty ending the war with France.<ref>{{cite book|title=Report from the Committee upon Expired and Expiring Laws|author=House of Commons|year=1816|page=6}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Gaspar de Vigodet]], [[Spain]]'s last colonial administrator of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] (covering nearly all of modern-day Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay), surrenders the city of [[Montevideo]] to independence fighters, led by General [[Carlos María de Alvear]].<ref name="Jaques"/>
* [[June 21]] &ndash; The secret [[Eight Articles of London]] are signed between the Great Powers, uniting the [[Low Countries]] under [[William I of the Netherlands]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]] &ndash; [[Sinking of HMS Reindeer|Sinking of HMS ''Reindeer'']] by [[USS Wasp (1814)|USS ''Wasp'']].