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January 12 William Jones assumes his duties as Secretary of the Navy
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January 19: British storm Ciudad Rodrigo, Portugal
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January 22 Battle of Frenchtown
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April 6: British repulsed at Badajoz, Spain
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Baltimore Riots start against anti-war Federalists
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June 1: Madison's recommendation to Congress to declare war over sailor's rights and British support of western frontier tribes.
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June 4: House of Representatives passes war bill
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June 18: Senate passes House bill Madison signs War Bill.
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War Of 1812
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June 19: U.S. President Madison declares war or Great Britain.
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June 23: USS President vs. HM Frigate Belvidera
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July 1: US doubles Customs Duties
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July 12: U.S. General Hull invades Upper Canada at Sandwich across from Detroit
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July 17: British forces from Fort St. Joseph capture Fort Michilimackinac
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July 22: Wellington's famous victory at Salamanca
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August 5: Battle of Brownstown
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August 8: Battle of Maguaga
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August 16: British forces under Brock capture Fort Detroit.
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August 13: British Army enter Madrid
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August 15: Fort Dearborn massacre
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August 19: USS Constitution vs. HM Frigate Guerriere
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September: Baltimore Riots finish
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September 3 : Indian attack at Pigeon Roost Creek
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September 4: Indians attack Fort Harrison
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September 5: Indians attack Fort Madison
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September 6: Indians attack Fort Wayne
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September 7: Battle of Borodino
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September 14: Napoleon enters Moscow
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September 16: Americans fail in capturing batteaux convey at Toussiant Island of the St. Lawrence River
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September 19: Napoleon begins retreat from Moscow
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September 21: American attack and capture village of Gananoque in the Thousand Islands area
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October 9: Two British schooners captured off Fort Erie; small skirmish near Fort Erie
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October 9: Two British schooners captured off Fort Erie; small skirmish near Fort Erie
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October 13: Battle of Queenston Heights and death of Brock and Macdonnell
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October 21: British give up siege of Burgos, Spain.
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November: Royal Navy blockades South Carolina November 27: US attacks the outlying fortifications of Fort Erie November 28: U.S. invasion attempt at Frenchman's Creek repulsed.
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November 29: Napoleon's shattered army exits Russia
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December 18: Battle of Mississnewa December 26: Royal Navy expands blockade to Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
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January 23 River Raisin massacre
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John Armstrong becomes Secretary of War
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The Hornet defeats HMS Peacock
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British naval forces raid in the Chesapeake Bay area
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Captain David Porter of the Essex rounds Cape Horn and sails into the Pacific to prey upon British whaling ships
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Oliver Hazard Perry arrives at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, to assume responsibility for constructing a fleet on Lake Erie
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British blockade extended from Long Island to the Mississippi
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1813 April 15 Americans occupy part of west Florida
April 15 Wilkinson occupies Mobile
April 27 Americans capture York (Toronto)
May 3 British burn Havre de Grace
May 1 and ends on May 5 Siege of Fort Meigs
May 26 British blockade additional middle and southern states
May 27 Americans capture Fort George
May 29 British forces repulsed at Sackett's Harbor
June 1 HMS Shannon defeats the Chesapeake
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January 22 Battle of Emuckfau
January 24 Battle of Enotachopco
March 27-28 Battle of Horseshoe Bend
March 28 HMS Phoebe and HMS Cherub defeat the Essex
April 11 Napoleon abdicates French throne
April 14 United States repeals Embargo and Nonimportation Law
April 20 HMS Orpheus defeats the Frolic
April 25 - May 30 British extend blockade to New England
April 29 The Peacock defeats HMS Epervier
June 28 The Wasp II defeats HMS Reindeer
July - September British occupy eastern Maine
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July 3 Americans capture Fort Erie July 5 Battle of Chippewa
July 25 Battle of Lundy's Lane
August U.S. banks suspend specie payments
August United States public credit collapses
August 8 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent
August 8 Great Britain outlines initial peace terms
August 9 The Creeks sign a treaty at Fort Jackson ceding much of their land
August 13 and ends September 21 Siege of Fort Erie begins
August 14 British occupy Pensacola
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August 19 British land near Benedict, Maryland
August 24 Battle of Bladensburg
August 24-25 British burn Washington
August 28 British capture Alexandria, Virginia
August 28 Nantucket declares Neutrality
September1 General George Prevost moves south toward Plattsburgh
September 4 Armstrong resigns and Monroe takes over as Secretary of War
September 11 Battle of Plattsburgh
September 12-16 British repulsed at Mobile
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September13-14 British bombard Fort McHenry, near Baltimore
September 13 Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner
September 14 British abandon attempt to take Baltimore
September 17 Americans sortie from Fort Erie
September 26 British squadron captures General Armstrong
October 21 Great Britain offers peace on basis of uti possidetis
November 5 Americans evacuate Fort Erie
November 7 Jackson seizes Pensacola
November 11 Jackson returns to Mobile
November 22 Jackson leaves for -
November 25 British fleet sails from Jamaica for New Orleans November 27 Great Britain drops the uti possidetis
December 14 British overwhelm American gunboats on Lake Borgne
December 15 - January 5 Hartford Convention
December 15 - February 27, 1815 United States adopts additional internal taxes
December 23 British land their troops below New Orleans
December 23 General Andrew Jackson attacks in a surprise night battle
December 23 - January 1 Preliminary battles around New Orleans
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December 24 Peace of Ghent signed
December 28 United States rejects conscription proposal -
January 8 Americans defeat British in the Battle of New Orleans
February 4 United States adopts second enemy trade law
February 17 United States rejects National Bank proposal
February 17 Ratifications of the Peace Treaty exchanged and President Madison declares the war at an end