Timeline of the War of 1812
Timeline of the War of 1812 is a chronology of the War of 1812, including a list of battles.
Origins[edit]
Date | Occurrence | |
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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 |
1810 | 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 | May 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 8 | Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool becomes Prime Minister of United Kingdom |
1812 | Jun 16 | Lord Castlereagh announces to Parliament Repeal of Orders in Council |
War[edit]
The War of 1812 was fought in four major theaters: the Atlantic Coast, the Canada–US border, the Gulf Coast, and the American West. There were also numerous naval battles at sea, almost all of them in the Atlantic. Actions along the Canadian border occurred in three sectors (from west to east): the old Territory, the Niagara Frontier, and the St. Lawrence River.[a]
1812[edit]
Date | Occurrence | |
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1812 | Jun 18 | Declaration of war by the United States against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1812 | Jun 22 | 1812 Baltimore riots begin |
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 | Battle of 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 9 | 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 5 | James Madison reelected |
1812 | Nov ?? | British blockade South Carolina and Georgia |
1812 | Nov 9 | Escape of HMS Royal George |
1812 | Nov 10 | Commodore Isaac Chey 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[edit]
Date | Occurrence | |
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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 7 | Raid on Elizabethtown |
1813 | Feb 16 | 104th Regiment of Foot (New Brunswick Fencibles) 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 | 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[1] |
1813 | May 29 | Sir George Prevost and Sir James Lucas Yeo attack Sackets Harbor |
1813 | Jun 1 | HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake |
1813 | Jun 3 | Capture of U.S. sloops Growler and Eagle near Ile aux Noix |
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 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 11 | Privateers Atlas and Anaconda taken by the British at the port of Ocracoke, North Carolina |
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[clarification needed] |
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 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[edit]
Date | Occurrence | |
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1814 | Jan 23 | 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) sinks 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[edit]
Date | Occurrence | |
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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[citation needed] |
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 10 | Treaty of Nicolls' Outpost (unratified) |
1815 | Mar 23 | Capture of HMS Penguin |
1815 | Apr 6 | Escape from H M Dartmoor Prison |
1815 | May 24 | Battle of the Sink Hole |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Most of the information in this list has been extracted from Robert Malcomson's "Historical Dictionary of the War of 1812,"[better source needed] augmented in some cases .by information from other Wikipedia articles[circular reference] and from John Mahon's "The War of 1812."[better source needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
Bibliography[edit]
- Mahon, John K. The War of 1812. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1972. ISBN 0-306-80429-8.
- Malcomson, Robert. Historical Dictionary of the War of 1812. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8108-5499-4.