9th » Indian Wars: the Muscogee (Creek) or Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia (U.S. state) called Georgia.
13th » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the Dutch Republic United Provinces, is signed in London London, England.
24th » British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the United States Capitol or Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1814
8th » Esther Hobart Morris, American jurist (d. 1902)
10th » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (d. 1890)
13th » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
23rd » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)