1812
June 18 β The United States declares war on Great Britain
June 22 β A mob in Baltimore destroys the printing offices of an anti-war newspaper
July 12 β General William Hull invades Canada from Detroit
July 17 β Fort Michilimackinac surrenders to British-Canadian forces
August 5 β Skirmish near Brownstown, Michigan
August 8 β General Hull returns to Detroit
August 15 β British forces bombard Detroit
August 16 β General Hull surrenders Detroit
August 19 β The USS Constitution defeats the HMS Guerriere
October 13 β British-Canadians win the Battle of Queenston Heights, Ontario
November 27 β Skirmish at Fort Erie
December 28 β William Henry Harrison formally resigns as Governor of Indiana Territory and takes the rank of Brigadier General.
December 29 β USS Constitution defeats the HMS Java
1813
January 9 β Great Britain declares war on the United States
January 13 β John Armstrong replaces William Eustis as Secretary of War
January 18 β American forces seize Frenchtown, Michigan
January 22 β The Battle of River Raisin; roughly 40 to 60 American soldiers are killed in βThe River Raisin Massacreβ
February 20 β Battle of Ogdensburg
April 27 β Attack on York [modern today Toronto]; General Zebulon Pike is killed
April 29 β Raid on Frenchtown, Maryland by a British flotilla under the command of Admiral George Cockburn
March 4 β James Madison inaugurated for the second term as President
March 27 β Oliver Hazard Perry takes command of the flotilla at Lake Erie
May 1 β American forces evacuate York; Siege of Fort Meigs near modern-day Toledo Ohio begins
May 3 β Royal Marines land and burn Havre de Grace, Maryland
May 27 β Engagement at Fort George
May 29 β Battle at Sackets Harbor
June 1 β USS Chesapeake captured by the British frigate HMS Shannon; Captain James Lawrence dies days later
June 6 β Engagement at Stoney Creek
June 22 β Battle of Craney Island
June 24 β Engagement at Beaver Dams
June 25 β Burning of Hampton, Virginia
August 10 β Battle of St. Michaels
August 30 β Attack on Fort Mims, Alabama
September 10 β Battle of Lake Erie
October 5 β Battle of the Thames; Tecumseh is killed
October 7 β Andrew Jackson establishes camp at Fayetteville, TN to recruit American forces to combat the Creeks in Alabama
October 26 β Engagement at Chateauguay
November 11 β Battle of Cryslerβs Farm
November 29 β Battle of Autossee
December 19 β Capture of Fort Niagara
1814
March 19 β Winfield Scott is promoted to Brigadier General at the age of 27
March 27 β Engagement at Horseshoe Bend
April 4 β Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba off the coast of Tuscany; Great Britain now turns its focus to the war in America
July 3 β American troops under Major General Jacob Brown cross the Niagara River and capture Fort Erie
July 5 β Battle of Chippawa
July 22 β Treaty of Greenville
July 25 β Battle of Lundyβs Lane, one of the fiercest battles of the war
August 8 β Peace negotiations begin
August 9 - Treaty of Fort Jackson
August 9 β Stonington, CT raid begins
August 12 β Stonington Raid Ends
August 14 β General Robert Ross in command of a reinforcement consisting of 4,500 veteran Β
British troops arrive at Chesapeake Bay
August 19 β British troops land at Benedict, Maryland
August 24 β Battle of Bladensburg
August 24 β Burning of Washington, D.C.
August 27 β Abandonment of Fort Warburton
August 28 β Alexandria Raid
September 6 β Battle of Plattsburgh
September 11 β Battle of Lake Champlain
September 12 β Battle of North Point; General Ross is killed
September 13 β Bombardment of Fort McHenry
September 14 β Francis Scott Key writes the first lines of the poem which would become βThe Star-Spangled Bannerβ
November 6 β Battle of Malcom's Mills
November 9 β Battle of Pensacola
December 1 β Peace delegates reconvene at Ghent
December 14 β Delegates to the Hartford Convention meet in Hartford, Connecticut
December 24 β The Treaty of Ghent is signed
December 28 β The Treaty of Ghent is ratified by the British
1815
January 5 β The Hartford Convention concludes
January 8 β The Battle of New Orleans; death of Edward Packenham
February 16 β The United States Senate ratifies the Treaty of Ghent
February 18 β The Treaty of Ghent is declared; the War of 1812 is over
February 20 β USS Constitution engages the HMS Cyane and HMS Levant, not knowing the war was over
April 6 β Seven American prisoners are killed and 32 wounded in the βDartmoor Massacreβ at Dartmoor Prison in Devon, England
May 24 β Battle of the Sink Hole
Explanation:
