Timeline July 1814

Events in July 1814 3

• 1774 – 1814 Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) Died 19 July 1814, aged 40 Flinders was an English navigator and cartographer who led the first circumnavigation of Australia, confirming it as a single continent. He is credited with popularizing the name "Australia" for the landmass. He died in London shortly after the publication of his book A Voyage to Terra Australis, detailing his expeditions.
• 1814 Walter Scott publishes Waverley Often called the first historical novel in English Walter Scott anonymously published Waverley, a novel set during the 1745 Jacobite rising. Its success launched a prolific series of historical novels and established the genre's popularity across Europe. Scott's identity as the author was not publicly confirmed until 1827.
• 1814 George Stephenson builds the Blucher locomotive An early steam locomotive hauls coal wagons Engineer George Stephenson completed his first steam locomotive, named Blucher, at the Killingworth colliery in northern England. It could haul eight loaded coal wagons up a hill at about four miles per hour. The project helped establish Stephenson's reputation as a pioneer of railway locomotion.