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| 1814 |
| | | A cold February freezes the Thames and makes possible the last of London's famous frost fairs | |
|  | Frost fair on the Thames, watercolour, 1814
Guildhall Library
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| 1814 |
| | | The Russian emperor and the Prussian king take a salute in the Champs Elysées after the allies capture Paris | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Francia becomes dictator of Paraguay and for the next 26 years seals his nation off from the rest of the world | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Napoleon abdicates at Fontainebleau and the French senate invites Louis XVIII to return to reclaim his throne | |
|  | Peace celebration fair in Hyde Park, 1814
Guildhall Library
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| 1814 |
| | | English engineer George Stephenson builds his first locomotive, the Blucher, and runs it at the Killingworth colliery | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Ferdinand VII, restored to Spain, imposes a reactionary regime and persecutes his liberal opponents | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Beethoven's Mass in D (the Missa Solemnis) has its first performance in Vienna, though still incomplete | |
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| 1814 |
| | | The final version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio has its premiere in Vienna | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Napoleon's first empress, Josephine, dies near Paris | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Napoleon goes into exile on the island of Elba, which he immediately treats as a miniature state in need of improvement | |
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