4th » Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
4th » King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to Absolute monarchy known as absolutism.
17th » Military occupation named Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
17th » The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian VIII of Denmark e.g Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
30th » Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I is exiled to Elba.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1814
3rd » Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1892)
12th » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (d. 1889)
14th » Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
22nd » Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)
30th » Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (d. 1876)
30th » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
Famous Deaths for May 1814
29th » Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon (b. 1763)