The War of 1812

  • President Madison makes a deal

    Madison offers a deal to both stating that the US will stop trading with their enemy is they stop attacking their ships.
  • The Battle of Tippecanoe Creek

    The war was fought between William General Harison of the Indiana Territory and Native Americans warriors. When William won the war he burned down all the food supplies.
  • The Battle of Put In Way

    Fought in lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the war of 1812.9 vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured 6 vessels from British Royal Navy
  • Battle of Thames River

    British troops under Major General Henry Procter had occupied Detroit until the U.S. Navy gained control of Lake Erie, depriving them of their supplies. Procter was forced to retreat north up the river Thames to Moraviantown, where his allies, the tribal confederacy under Shawnee leader Tecumseh, had no choice but to follow.
  • Battle of Thames River

    British troops under Major General Henry Procter had occupied Detroit until the U.S. Navy gained control of Lake Erie, depriving them of their supplies. Procter was forced to retreat north up the river Thames to Moraviantown, where his allies, the tribal confederacy under Shawnee leader.
  • British attack Washington D.C.

    On this day in 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1812.
  • British attack Baltimore

    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. The British and Americans first met at North Point.[9] Though the Americans retreated, the battle was a successful delaying action that inflicted heavy casualties on the British, halted their advance.
  • Battle of new Orleans

    The Battle of New Orleans was an engagement fought between January 8 and January 18, 1815, constituting the final major battle of the War of 1812, and the most one-sided battle of that war.
  • Napoleons defeated in Europe

    At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, brinBeginning in 1812, Napoleon began to encounter the first significant defeats of his military career, suffering through a disastrous invasion of Russia, losing Spain .