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President Madison makes an Offer with France and Great Britain
Madison makes an offer, to deal both stating that the US will stop trading with your enemy if you stop attacking our ships. France agrees to this so Madison cuts off all trades with Great Britain. -
Battle of Tippecanoe Creek
When the Native Americans fought the US. Tecumseh led the Native Americans. -
Perry captures British fleet
Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of British Royal Navy. The British took Adams when Detroit was surrendered, renaming her Detroit. -
Battle of Thames river
British troops under Major General Henry Procter had occupied Detroit until the U.S. Navy gained control of Lake Erie. Procter was forced to retreat north up the river Thames to Moraviantown, where his allies, Shawnee leader Tecumseh, had no choice but to follow them. -
British attack Washington D.C.
They set fire to many public buildings including the White House. The British suffer a few casualties due to a sudden severe storm. -
British attack Baltimore
American forces killed the commander of the invading British forces. Though the Americans retreated, the battle was a successful delaying action that inflicted heavy casualties on the British. -
Battle of New Orleans
The battle was constituting the final major battle of the War of 1812. American combatants, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, prevented an overwhelming British force from seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase. -
Napoleon was defeated
Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo led to his second and final fall from power and ended more than two decades of wars across Europe. Napoleon had been defeated in 1814 and forced to give up his imperial throne.