1814

Lord John Russell

1814, December — Met Napoleon Bonaparte during Napoleon's exile on Elba, a 90-minute audience arranged during Russell's continental travels. Source: History of Parliament Online, "Russell, Lord John (1792–1878)" — https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/russell-lord-john-1792-1878 Quote: "Russell visited Spain where his brother was serving as aide-de-camp to Lord Wellington in the Peninsular War… had a 90-minute meeting with Napoleon in December 1814, during the former emperor's exile at Elba." — History of Parliament biography.

Ernst Curtius

• 1814, September 2 — Born in Lübeck, Free City of the German Confederation. Son of the mayor of Lübeck.
  • Source: Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Curtius, Ernst"
  • Quote: "CURTIUS, ERNST (1814–1896), German archaeologist and historian, was born at Lübeck on the 2nd of September 1814." — EB 11th, Curtius, Ernst