Timeline of the War of 1812

Timeline of the War of 1812 is a chronology of events for the War of 1812.

Origins

Date		Occurrence
1803	May 18	War resumed between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the First French Empire
1804	Nov 3	Quashquame's treaty with William Henry Harrison causes many Sauk to ally with British
1805	May 22	Essex Decision
1805	Oct 21	Battle of Trafalgar
1806	Apr 18	Nonimportation Act
1806	Nov 21	Berlin Decree
1806	Dec 31	Monroe-Pinkney Treaty
1807	Jun 22	Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
1807	Nov 11	Orders in Council
1807	Dec 17	Milan Decree
1807	Dec 22	Embargo Act
1808	Apr 17	Bayonne Decree
1809	Mar 1	Non-Intercourse Act
1809	Mar 4	President James Madison Inauguration
1809	Apr 19	Erskine Agreement
1809	Sep 30	Treaty of Fort Wayne
1850	Mar 23	Rambouillet Decree
1810	May 1	Macon's Bill No. 2
1810	Aug 5	Cadore letter
1811	Feb 2	Trade with the United Kingdom closed
1811	Mar 10	Henry letters
1811	Mar 16	Little Belt Affair
1811	Nov 4	12th United States Congress convenes
1811	Nov 7	Battle of Tippecanoe
1812	Apr 4	American Trade Embargo
1812	May 11	Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated
1812	Jun 1	President James Madison's war message
1812	Jun 16	Lord Castlereagh announces to Parliament Repeal of Orders in Council

War

1812

Date		Occurrence
1812	Jun to Aug	Baltimore riots
1812	Jun 18	Declaration of war by the United States against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1812	Jun 23	Finalized Repeal of Orders in Council
1812	Jun 29	Schooners Sophia and Island Packet taken by the British in the St. Lawrence River
1812	Jul 1	United States doubles customs duties
1812	Jul 12	U.S. General William Hull's army invades Upper Canada at Sandwich
1812	Jul 16	Skirmish at River Canard
1812	Jul 17	Capture of Fort Mackinac
1812	Jul 19	Attack at Sackets Harbor, New York
1812	Aug 5	Battle of Brownstown
1812	Aug 8	British General Isaac Brock embarks at Port Dover for the relief of Amherstburg
1812	Aug 8	Battle of Maguaga
1812	Aug 15	Fort Dearborn massacre
1812	Aug 16	Surrender of Detroit
1812	Aug 19	Capture of HMS Guerriere
1812	Aug 19	The Great Louisiana hurricane struck New Orleans, damaging both the U.S. and the British fleet
1812	Sep 3	Massacre at Pigeon Roost
1812	Sep 5	First siege of Fort Madison begins
1812	Sep 6	Siege of Fort Wayne
1812	Sep 12	U.S. General William Henry Harrison reinforces Fort Wayne
1812	Sep 14	British Major A. C. Muir's expedition at Fort Wayne
1812	Sep 21	Raid on Gananoque
1812	Oct 7	U.S. General James Winchester's army arrives near Fort Defiance
1812	Oct 9	U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jesse Elliott captures the brigs, Caledonia and Detroit
1812	Oct 13	Battle of Queenston Heights
1812	Oct 18	Capture of HMS Frolic
1812	Oct 18	HMS Poictiers captures USS Wasp
1812	Oct 25	Capture of HMS Macedonian
1812	Nov ??	James Madison reelected
1812	Nov ??	British blockade South Carolina and Georgia
1812	Nov 9	Escape of HMS Royal George
1812	Nov 10	Commodore Isaac Chauncey attacks Kingston Harbour
1812	Nov 22	Spur's Defeat
1812	Nov 23	Americans retreat from Eastern Canada
1812	Nov 27	Americans attack Fort Erie redoubts
1812	Nov 28	Skirmish at Frenchman Creek
1812	Dec 3	William Eustis resigns as Secretary of War
1812	Dec 3	James Monroe serves as Secretary of War
1812	Dec 18	Battle of the Mississinewa
1812	Dec 26	Great Britain blockades Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay
1812	Dec 29	Sinking of HMS Java
1812	Dec 29	Paul Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Navy

1813

Date		Occurrence
1813	Jan 12	William Jones serves as Secretary of the Navy
1813	Jan 22	Battle of Frenchtown
1813	Jan 23	River Raisin massacre
1813	Feb 5	John Armstrong serves as Secretary of War
1813	Feb 6	Raid on Elizabethtown
1813	Feb 16	104th Regiment commences march from Fredericton to Upper Canada
1813	Feb 22	Battle of Ogdensburg
1813	Feb 24	Sinking of HMS Peacock
1813	Mar	USS Essex rounds Cape Horn, preys on British whaling ships
1813	Mar 3	Admiral George Cockburn's squadron arrives in Lynnhaven Bay
1813	Mar 19	Sir James Lucas Yeo appointed Commander-in-chief of the Lake Squadrons
1813	Mar 27	Oliver Hazard Perry constructs Lake Erie fleet
1813	Mar 30	British blockade from Long Island to Mississippi
1813	Apr 52	Commerce raids begin in Chesapeake Bay
1813	Apr 6	Lewes, Delaware bombarded by British
1813	Apr 13	Capture of Mobile, Alabama
1813	Apr 15	Americans occupy West Florida
1813	Apr 27	Battle of York
1813	May 1	Siege of Fort Meigs
1813	May 3	Raid on Havre de Grace
1813	May 5	Sir James Lucas Yeo arrives at Quebec
1813	May 26	British blockade middle states and southern states
1813	May 27	Battle of Fort George
1813	May 27	British abandon Fort Erie
1813	May 27	Colonel John Harvey retreats to Burlington Heights
1813	May 29	Sir George Prevost and Sir James Lucas Yeo attack Sackets Harbor
1813	Jun 1	HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake
1813	Jun 6	Battle of Stoney Creek
1813	Jun 8	Skirmish at Forty Mile Creek
1813	Jun 9	Americans abandon Fort Erie
1813	Jun 13	British vessels repulsed at Burlington, Vermont
1813	Jun 19	Commodore Barclay's squadron appears off of Cleveland, Ohio
1813	Jun 20	USS Constellation attempts capture of blockading vessels off Hampton, Virginia
1813	Jun 22	Battle of Craney Island
1813	Jun 24	Battle of Beaver Dams
1813	Jun 25	Attack on Hampton, Virginia
1813	Jun 27	Privateer Teazer (ship) blown up in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
1813	Jul 3	Capture of U.S. sloops Growler and Eagle near Ile aux Noix
1813	Jul 5	Raid on Fort Schlosser
1813	Jul 8	Final siege of Fort Madison begins, fort defeated sometime in September
1813	Jul 8	Action at Butler's Farm
1813	Jul 26	General Henry Procter quits the siege of Fort Meigs
1813	Jul 27	Battle of Burnt Corn
1813	Jul 31	Raid on Plattsburg
1813	Jul 31	Second occupation of York
1813	Aug 2	General Henry Proctor's assault fails at Fort Stephenson
1813	Aug 4	Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry sails fleet into Lake Erie
1813	Aug 5	Dominica vs. Decatur
1813	Aug 7	U.S. schooners Hamilton and Scourge founder on Lake Ontario
1813	Aug 10	Naval engagement ships Julia and Pert captured
1813	Aug 12	Capture of USS Argus
1813	Aug 30	Fort Mims massacre
1813	Sep 10	Battle of Lake Erie
1813	Sep 25	Capture of HMS Boxer
1813	Sep 26	General William Henry Harrison lands in Canada, Detroit liberated
1813	Sep 28	Burlington Races
1813	Oct 5	Battle of the Thames
1813	Oct 16	Battle of Leipzig
1813	Oct 26	Battle of the Chateauguay
1813	Nov 3	Battle of Tallushatchee
1813	Nov 4	Great Britain offers the United States peace negotiations
1813	Nov 6	General James Wilkinson's flotilla runs past the batteries at Fort Wellington
1813	Nov 9	Battle of Talladega
1813	Nov 10	Skirmish at Hoople's Creek
1813	Nov 11	Battle of Crysler's Farm
1813	Nov 13	Skirmish at Nanticoke
1813	Nov 15	Funeral of General Covington at French Mills
1813	Nov 15	General James Wilkinson's army goes into winter quarters
1813	Nov 16	British extend naval blockade along U.S. coast
1813	Dec 10	Burning of Newark
1813	Dec 10	Major General David Adams burned Nuyaka
1813	Dec 15	Skirmish at Thomas McCrae's house
1813	Dec 19	Capture of Fort Niagara
1813	Dec 19 - 31	British destroy Lewiston Fort Schlosser Black Rock and Buffalo

1814

Date		Occurrence
1814	Jan 22	Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek
1814	Jan 24	Battle of Enotachopco
1814	Jan 27	Battle of Calebee Creek
1814	Mar 4	Battle of Longwoods
1814	Mar 27	Battle of Horseshoe Bend
1814	Mar 28	Capture of USS Essex
1814	Mar 30	Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814)
1814	Apr 11	Napoleon abdicates French throne for the first time
1814	Apr 20	HMS Orpheus defeats USS Frolic
1814	Apr 14	United States repeals Embargo Act and Nonimportation Act
1814	Apr 25	British extend blockade to New England
1814	Apr 29	Capture of HMS Epervier
1814	May 1	General William Clark leaves St. Louis for Prairie du Chien
1814	May 6	Raid on Fort Oswego
1814	May 14	Skirmish at Otter Creek
1814	May 18	Lieutenant Colonel Robert McDouall relieves Fort Mackinac
1814	May 29	Skirmish at Sandy Creek
1814	Jun 6	General William Clark establishes Fort Shelby at Prairie du Chien
1814	Jun 28	Major William McKay's expedition leaves Fort Mackinac
1814	Jun 28	USS Wasp defeats HMS Reindeer
1814	Jul 3	Americans capture Fort Erie
1814	Jul 5	Battle of Chippawa
1814	Jul 20	Trials at Ancaster Bloody Assize
1814	Jul 20	Surrender of Fort Shelby
1814	Jul 21	Battle of Rock Island Rapids
1814	Jul 21	Raid on Sault Ste. Marie
1814	Jul 22	Treaty of Greenville US and western tribes ally against Great Britain
1814	Jul 25	Battle of Lundy's Lane
1814	Jul 26	Sinclair's squadron arrives off Mackinac Island
1814	Aug 1	Schooner Nancy warned of Fort Mackinac blockade
1814	Aug 2	Siege of Fort Erie
1814	Aug 4	Battle of Mackinac Island
1814	Aug 8	Peace negotiations begin in Ghent
1814	Aug 9	Creek people sign treaty at Fort Jackson
1814	Aug 10	Raid on Stonington
1814	Aug 12	Capture of USS Somers and USS Ohio on Lake Ontario
1814	Aug 13	Part of Sinclair's squadron arrives at Nottawasaga River
1814	Aug 14	Schooner Nancy destroyed
1814	Aug 14	British occupy Pensacola
1814	Aug 15	Assault on Fort Erie
1814	Aug 19	British land near Benedict, Maryland
1814	Aug 24	Battle of Bladensburg
1814	Aug 24	Burning of Washington
1814	Aug 27	British occupy Point Lookout, Maryland
1814	Aug 27	Retreating garrison destroys Fort Washington
1814	Aug 28	British capture Alexandria, Virginia
1814	Aug 28	Nantucket declares neutrality
1814	Sep 1	Construction commences on Penetang Road
1814	Sep 1	USS Wasp (1813) vs HMS Avon
1814	Sep 1	General George Prevost moves south toward Plattsburgh
1814	Sep 3	Capture of Tigress and Scorpion
1814	Sep 4	Battle of Plattsburgh
1814	Sep 4	John Armstrong, Jr. resigns and James Monroe becomes Secretary of War
1814	Sep 5	Skirmish at Rock Island Rapids
1814	Sep 6	Skirmish at Beekmantown
1814	Sep 6	Battle of Credit Island
1814	Sep 8	Fort Johnson built, abandoned one month later
1814	Sep 9	Capture of Fort O'Brian
1814	Sep 11	Battle of Plattsburgh
1814	Sep 12	Battle of North Point
1814	Sep 12	British repulsed at Mobile, Alabama
1814	Sep 13	Bombardment of Fort McHenry
1814	Sep 13	Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner
1814	Sep 14	Battle of Fort Bowyer
1814	Sep 17	Counterattack at Siege of Fort Erie
1814	Sep 26	British squadron captures USS General Armstrong
1814	Oct 19	Battle of Cook's Mills
1814	Oct 21	United Kingdom offers peace on basis of uti possidetis
1814	Oct 26	Raid through the Thames Valley
1814	Nov 5	Americans evacuate Fort Erie
1814	Nov 6	Battle of Malcolm's Mills
1814	Nov 7	Battle of Pensacola
1814	Nov 25	British fleet sail from Jamaica for New Orleans
1814	Nov 27	United Kingdom drops demands for uti possidetis
1814	Dec 14	British overwhelm American gunboats on Lake Borgne
1814	Dec 15	Hartford Convention
1814	Dec 15	United States adopts additional internal taxation
1814	Dec 23	British land their troops below New Orleans
1814	Dec 23	General Andrew Jackson surprise attacks British
1814	Dec 24	Treaty of Ghent signed
1814	Dec 28	United States rejects conscription proposal

1815

Date		Occurrence
1815	Jan 8	Battle of New Orleans
1815	Jan 16	Capture of USS President
1815	Feb 1	Construction commences of Pentanguishene Naval Yard
1815	Feb 4	United States adopts second enemy trade law
1815	Feb 12	Surrender of Fort Bowyer
1815	Feb 17	United States ratifies Treaty of Ghent
1815	Feb 17	United States rejects First Bank of the United States proposal
1815	Feb 20	Capture of Cyane
1815	Mar 1	Napoleon escaped from Elba, triggering the Hundred Days
1815	Mar 23	Capture of HMS Penguin
1815	May 24	Battle of the Sink Hole

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