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Louisiana Purchase Finalized
800,000 square miles added to the Western Frontier -
Leopard-Chesapeake affair
The British naval ship "HMS Leopard" fires on the "USS Chesapeake" off the coast of Virginia. -
Embargo Act Passed
A trade embargo on all foreign nations. An act passed under Jefferson as a non-violent way of resisting tampering of US Ships by France and Britain. -
James Madison Inaugurated
James Madison sworn in as the fourth president of the United States -
Beginning of the War of 1812
US declares war on Great Britain for the second time in history. -
Constitution-Java
USS Constitution defeats a British Royal Navy 38-gun fifth-rate frigate known as the "HMS Java." -
Battle of River Raisin
40-60 American are killed in the "River Raisin Massacre." -
Battle of Baltimore
Fort McHenry bombarded and the first lines of "The Star Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key. -
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Ghent signed and ratified by the British. -
Lincoln's Inauguration
Abraham Lincoln Inaugurated as 16th president of the United States. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Confederate Army attack Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina marking the first military engagement of the Civil War. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
Ironclad warships clash; The Merrimack of the Confederacy clashes with the Union Monitor. -
Battle of Antietam
Union Victory; Bloodiest day of the war -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all slaves. -
General Lee Surrender
General Lee is surrounded by Grant’s forces in Virginia. He surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9 and the Civil War comes to an end. -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Kennedy in Ford's Theater.
