War of 1812

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory
  • U.S. Declares War on Great Britain

    On June 18, 1812, President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the beginning of the War of 1812. By December, both the Americans and the British recognized that it was time to end the conflict.
  • Battle of Queenston Heights

    The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812. Resulting in a British victory, it took place on October 13, 1812 near Queenston, Upper Canada.
  • Battle of River Raisin

    The Battles of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, was a series of conflicts in Michigan Territory that took place from January 18 to 23, 1813, during the War of 1812.
  • Siege of Fort Meigs

    The Siege of Fort Meigs took place in late April to early May 1813 during the War of 1812 in northwestern Ohio
  • Battle at Sackets Harbor

    The Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor or simply the Battle of Sacket's Harbor, took place on 29 May 1813, during the War of 1812.
  • Battle of the Thames

    The Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was an American victory in the War of 1812 against Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies. It took place on October 5, 1813 in Upper Canada, near Chatham.
  • Battle of Lundy’s Lane

    The Battle of Lundy's Lane, also known as the Battle of Niagara Falls, was a battle fought on 25 July 1814, during the War of 1812, between an invading American army and a British and Canadian army in present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario.
  • Battle of Bladensburg

    The Battle of Bladensburg was a battle of the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, fought on 24 August 1814 at Bladensburg, Maryland
  • Burning of Washington D.C.

    The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington City, the capital of the United States, during the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812. To this date, it remains the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the capital of the United States
  • Bombardment of Fort McHenry

    The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading British forces.
  • Treaty of Ghent

    The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands.
  • The Battle of New Orleans

    The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.
  • Fort Michilimackinac surrenders to the British

    Only the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, restored peace to Mackinac. American soldiers took possession of Fort Mackinac from the British garrison on July 18, 1815, three years and one day after the post had been captured. Special 1812 demonstrations and tours take place every day at Fort Mackinac.