1812 War
This is a simple timeline of the events and battles that effected the 1812 War. The information is based on internet research. We hope to continue research and include some helpful references in the future.
Via: The 1812 War.com and War of 1812.ca
| December 31, 1806 | Monroe Pinkney Treaty is Signed |
| June 13-14, 1807 | Battle of Friedland between French and Russians |
| June 22, 1807 | Chesapeake Leopard Affair |
| July 9, 1807 | After making peace with Russia, Napoleon bans trade with Great Britain. |
| December 22, 1807 | Embargo Act |
| March 1, 1809 | Non Intercourse Act |
| November 4, 1811 | War Congress convenes |
| November 7, 1811 | Battle of Tippecanoe |
| December 1811 | Joel Barlow Dies |
| April 4, 1812 | Embargo Signed |
| June 18, 1812 | United States declares war on Great Britain |
| June 23, 1812 | USS President vs. HM Frigate Belvidera |
| June – August, 1812 | Baltimore Riots |
| July 1, 1812 | United States doubles Customs Duties |
| July 12, 1812 | General William Hull enters Upper Canada at Sandwich across from Detroit |
| July 17, 1812 | Fort Michilimackinac surrenders to the British |
| August 5, 1812 | Battle of Brownstown |
| August 8, 1812 | Battle of Maguaga |
| August 9, 1812 | Battle of Monguagon |
| August 15, 1812 | Fort Dearborn massacre |
| August 16, 1812 | General William Hull surrenders to General Isaac Brock at Detroit |
| August 16, 1812 | Surrender of Detroit |
| August 19, 1812 | The Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière |
| September, 1812 | Baltimore Riots finish |
| September 3, 1812 | Indian attack at Pigeon Roost Creek |
| September 4, 1812 | Indians attack Fort Harrison |
| September 5, 1812 | Indians attack Fort Madison |
| September 6, 1812 | Indians attack Fort Wayne |
| September 7, 1812 | Battle of Borodino |
| September 16, 1812 | Americans fail in capturing batteaux convey at Toussiant Island of the St. Lawrence River |
| September 21, 1812 | American attack and capture village of Gananoque in the Thousand Islands area |
| October 13, 1812 | General Isaac Brock is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights |
| October 18, 1812 | The Wasp defeats HMS Frolic |
| October 18, 1812 | The Wasp captured by HMS Poictiers |
| October 25, 1812 | The United States defeats HMS Macedonian |
| November, 1812 | Madison wins reelection |
| November, 1812 | British blockade South Carolina and Georgia |
| November 23, 1812 | Americans retreat from eastern Canada |
| November 27, 1812 | Americans attack outlying positions at Fort Erie |
| December 3, 1812 | William Eustis resigns as Secretary of War |
| Dec. 3, 1812 to Feb. 5, 1813 | Monroe serves as Secretary of War |
| December 18, 1812 | Battle of Mississnewa |
| December 29, 1812 | The Constitution defeats HMS Java |
| December 29, 1812 | Paul Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Navy |
| December 26, 1812 | Great Britain proclaims blockade of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays |
| December 29, 1812 | The Constitution defeats HMS Java |
| December 29, 1812 | Paul Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Navy |
| January 12, 1813 | William Jones assumes his duties as Secretary of the Navy |
| January 18, 1813 | First Engagement at Frenchtown |
| January 22, 1813 | Battle of Frenchtown |
| January 23, 1813 | River Raisin massacre |
| January 23, 1813 | Massacre of prisoners at Frenchtown |
| February 5, 1813 | John Armstrong becomes Secretary of War |
| February 22, 1813 | British captures Ogdensburg, NY do to Brockvill attack on Feb. 6th. |
| February 24, 1813 | The Hornet defeats HMS Peacock |
| March 1813 | Captain David Porter of the Essex rounds Cape Horn and sails into the Pacific to prey upon British whaling ships |
| March 27, 1813 | Oliver Hazard Perry arrives at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, to assume responsibility for constructing a fleet on Lake Erie |
| March to December, 1813 | British naval forces raid in the Chesapeake Bay area |
| March 30, 1813 | British blockade extended from Long Island to the Mississippi |
| April 15, 1813 | Americans occupy part of west Florida |
| April 15, 1813 | Wilkinson occupies Mobile |
| April 27, 1813 | Battle of York- Americans capture York (Toronto) |
| April 28 and ends on May 9, 1813 | Siege of Fort Meigs |
| May 3, 1813 | British burn Havre de Grace |
| May 15, 1813 | Sack of Havre de Grace |
| May 26, 1813 | British blockade additional middle and southern states |
| May 27, 1813 | Battle of Fort George- Americans capture the Fort |
| May 29, 1813 | Battle of Sacket’s Harbor – British forces repulsed. |
| June 1, 1813 | HMS Shannon defeats the Chesapeake |
| June 6, 1813 | Battle of Stoney Creek- Detachment of Americans defeated |
| June 22, 1813 | Battle of Craney Island, VA |
| June 22, 1813 | Battle of Norfolk |
| June 24, 1813 | Battle of Beaver Dams |
| June 25-26, 1813 | Battle of Sack of Hampton |
| June 26, 1813 | British attack Hampton |
| July 8, 1813 | Battle of Ball’s Farm |
| July 11, 1813 | British raid on Black Rock, NY |
| July 27, 1813 | Battle of Burnt Corn |
| August 1, 1813 | Major Croghan successfully defends Fort Stephenson against British attack |
| August 2, 1813 | Battle of Fort Stephenson |
| August 4, 1813 | Admiral Perry gets his fleet over the bar at Presque Isle and into Lake Erie |
| August 10, 1813 | Battle of St. Michael’s |
| August 12, 1813 | Austria declares war on France |
| August 30, 1813 | Fort Mims massacre |
| September 10, 1813 | Battle of Lake Erie |
| September 27, 1813 | Harrison lands in Canada |
| October 5, 1813 | Battle of the Thames |
| October 16-19, 1813 | Battle of Leipzig |
| October 25-26, 1813 | Battle of Chateaugay |
| November 1, 1813 | Battle of French Creek |
| November 3, 1813 | Battle of Tallushatchee |
| November 4, 1813 | Great Britain offers United States direct peace negotiations |
| November 9, 1813 | Battle of Talladega |
| November 11, 1813 | Battle of Chrysler’s Farm |
| November 16, 1813 | British extend blockade to all middle and southern states |
| November 18, 1813 | Hillabee Massacre |
| November 29, 1813 | Battle of Autossee |
| December 10, 1813 | Fort George evacuated and Newark burned by Americans |
| December 18, 1813 | British descruction of Lewiston, NY |
| December 18, 1813 | Fort Niagara occupied by British |
| December 19-31, 1813 | Lewiston, Fort Schlosser, Black Rock, and Buffalo destroyed by the British |
| December 23, 1813 | Battle of Econochaca |
| December 30, 1813 | British burns Black Rock and Buffalo |
| January 22, 1814 | Battle of Emuckfau |
| January 24, 1814 | Battle of Enotachopco |
| January 27, 1814 | Battle of Calabee Creek |
| March 27-28, 1814 | Battle of Horseshoe Bend |
| March 28, 1814 | HMS Phoebe and HMS Cherub defeat the Essex |
| March 30, 1814 | Battle of La Colle Mill |
| May 6, 1814 | Battle of Oswego |
| May 15, 1814 | U.S Burns Port Dover |
| May 30, 1814 | Battle of Sandy Creek |
| April 11, 1814 | Napoleon abdicates French throne |
| April 14, 1814 | United States repeals Embargo and Nonimportation Law |
| April 20, 1814 | HMS Orpheus defeats the Frolic |
| April 25 – May 30, 1814 | British extend blockade to New England |
| April 29, 1814 | The Peacock defeats HMS Epervier |
| June 28, 1814 | The Wasp II defeats HMS Reindeer |
| July – September, 1814 | British occupy eastern Maine |
| July 3, 1814 | Battle of Fort Erie- Americans capture the Fort |
| July 5, 1814 | Battle of Chippewa |
| July 25, 1814 | Battle of Lundy’s Lane |
| August, 1814 | U.S. banks suspend specie payments |
| August, 1814 | United States public credit collapses |
| August 3, 1814 | Battle of Conjocta Creek |
| August 3, 1814 | British seizure of Hampden |
| August 8, 1814 | Peace negotiations begin in Ghent |
| August 8, 1814 | Great Britain outlines initial peace terms |
| August 9, 1814 | Treaty of Fort Jackson- The Creeks sign a treaty at Fort Jackson ceding much of their land |
| August 9-11, 1814 | Battle of Stonington |
| Aug. 13 and ends Sep. 21, 1814 | Siege of Fort Erie begins |
| August 14, 1814 | British occupy Pensacola |
| August 15, 1814 | Battle of Fort Erie |
| August 19, 1814 | British land near Benedict, Maryland |
| August 24, 1814 | Battle of Bladensburg |
| August 24-25, 1814 | British burn Washington |
| August 28, 1814 | British capture Alexandria, Virginia |
| August 28, 1814 | Nantucket declares Neutrality |
| August 30, 1814 | Battle of Caulk’s Field |
| September 1 , 1814 | General George Prevost moves south toward Plattsburgh |
| September 4, 1814 | Armstrong resigns and Monroe takes over as Secretary of War |
| September 5, 1814 | Battle off Beakmantown |
| September 11, 1814 | Battle of Plattsburgh |
| September 11, 1814 | Battle of Lake Champlain |
| September 12-14, 1814 | Battle of North Point, near Baltimore |
| September 12-14, 1814 | Siege of Fort Mc Henry/Battle of Baltimore |
| September 12-16, 1814 | British repulsed at Mobile |
| September 13, 1814 | Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner |
| September 14, 1814 | British abandon attempt to take Baltimore |
| September 15, 1814 | British attemp to take Fort Bowyer |
| September 17, 1814 | Americans sortie from Fort Erie |
| September 26, 1814 | British squadron captures General Armstrong |
| October 19, 1814 | Battle of Cook’s Mill |
| October 21, 1814 | Great Britain offers peace on basis of uti possidetis |
| November 5, 1814 | Americans evacuate Fort Erie |
| November 7, 1814 | Jackson seizes Pensacola |
| November 11, 1814 | Jackson returns to Mobile |
| November 22, 1814 | Jackson leaves for New Orleans |
| November 25, 1814 | British fleet sails from Jamaica for New Orleans |
| November 27, 1814 | Great Britain drops the uti possidetis |
| December 14, 1814 | British overwhelm American gunboats on Lake Borgne |
| December 15, 1814 | Battle of Lake Borgne |
| Dec. 15, 1814 – Jan. 5, 1815 | Hartford Convention |
| Dec. 15, 1814 – Feb. 27, 1815 | United States adopts additional internal taxes |
| December 23, 1814 | Battle of Villere’ Plantation |
| December 23, 1814 | British land their troops below New Orleans |
| December 23, 1814 | General Andrew Jackson attacks in a surprise night battle |
| Dec. 23, 1814 – Jan. 1, 1815 | Preliminary battles around New Orleans |
| December 24, 1814 | Treaty of Ghent- Peace of Ghent is signed |
| December 28, 1814 | United States rejects conscription proposal |
| January 8, 1815 | Battle of New Orleans- Americans defeats the British |
| February 4, 1815 | United States adopts second enemy trade law |
| February 11, 1815 | British captures Fort Bowyer |
| February 16, 1815 | US Treaty of Ghent |
| February 17, 1815 | United States rejects National Bank proposal |
| February 17, 1815 | Ratifications of the Peace Treaty exchanged and President Madison declares the war at an end |
| April 15, 1815 | Dartmoor Prison Massacre |
