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Embargo Act Passed
Embargo Act passed by US Congress halting trade with Foreign Nations -
James Madison became President
James Madison is inaugurated as president of the United States -
Battle of Brownstown
In this vicinity on Aug. 5, 1812, six weeks after the outbreak of war, an Indian force, led by the famous Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, ambushed about 200 Americans under Major Thomas Van Horne who were on the way south to the River Raisin. -
Battle of Maguaga
After the skirmish at Brownstown the American General William Hull decided that he would re-open his supply line to Ohio. On August 8th 1812 a force commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel James Miller departed Detroit and marched south to the River Raison. This force consisted of detachments of the, 1st and 4th regiments of U.S. regulars, a detachment of cavalry, two cannons and militia units from Ohio and Michigan approximately 600 men. On the afternoon of August 9th the Americans arrived at the Indi -
Fort Dearborn massacre
Chicago on August 15, 1812, had been known as the Fort Dearborn Massacre. With the dedication of a new park, the bloody encounter between 95 soldiers and settlers and some 500 Potawatomi has been recast as the Battle of Fort Dearborn. -
Battle of Queenston Heights
British forces won the Battle of Queenston Heights in Canada -
Battle of Mississnewa
The " War of 1812 " was an offspring of the larger struggle involving Napoleonic France with most of Europe, including Britain. Fought between Britain and the U.S.A., the war was not popular in the Eastern U.S.A. particularly New England, where a brisk business was being carried out supplying the British in their conflict with Napoleon -
Tecumseh killed
This Date in Native History: On October 5, 1813, Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames, just north of the U.S.-Canada border. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Approaching the area early on March 27, 1814, Jackson split his command and ordered Brigadier General John Coffee to take his mounted militia and the allied warriors downstream to cross the river. Once this was done, they were to march upstream and surround Tohopeka from the far bank of the Tallapoosa. From this position, they were to act as a distraction and cut off Menawa's lines of retreat. -
Battle of New Orleans.
After British forces were sighted near Lake Borgne, Jackson declared martial law in New Orleans and ordered that every available weapon and able-bodied man be brought to bear in the city’s defense. His force soon grew into a 4,500-strong patchwork of army regulars, frontier militiamen, free blacks, New Orleans aristocrats and Choctaw tribesmen. After some hesitation, Old Hickory even accepted the help of Jean Lafitte, a dashing pirate who ran a smuggling and privateering empire out of nearby Bar
