January
12 | William
Jones serves as Secretary of the Navy |
January
22 | Battle
of Frenchtown |
January
23 | River
Raisin massacre |
February
5 | John
Armstrong serves as Secretary of War |
February
6 | Raid
on Elizabethtown |
February
16 | 104th
Regiment commences march from Fredericton
to Upper
Canada |
February
22 | Battle
of Ogdensburg |
February
24 | Sinking
of HMS Peacock |
March | USS
Essex rounds Cape Horn, preys on British whaling ships |
March
3 | Admiral
George
Cockburn's squadron arrives in Lynnhaven
Bay |
March
19 | Sir
James
Lucas Yeo appointed Commander in Chief of the Lake
Squadrons |
March
27 | Oliver
Hazard Perry constructs Lake
Erie fleet |
March
30 | British
blockade from Long Island to Mississippi |
April
1 | Commerce
raids begin in Chesapeake Bay |
April
6 | Lewes,
Delaware bombarded by British |
April
13 | Capture
of Mobile, Alabama |
April
15 | Americans
occupy West Florida |
April
27 | Battle
of York |
May
1 | Siege
of Fort Meigs |
May
3 | Raid
on Havre de Grace |
May
5 | Sir
James
Lucas Yeo arrives at Quebec |
May
26 | British
blockade middle states and southern states |
May
27 | Battle
of Fort George |
May
27 | British
abandon Fort
Erie |
May
27 | Colonel
John
Harvey retreats to Burlington
Heights |
May
29 | Sir
George
Prevost and Sir
James
Lucas Yeo attack Sackets
Harbor |
June
1 | HMS
Shannon captures USS
Chesapeake |
June
6 | Battle
of Stoney Creek |
June
8 | Skirmish
at Forty Mile Creek |
June
9 | Americans
abandon Fort
Erie |
June
13 | British
vessels repulsed at Burlington, Vermont |
June
19 | Commodore
Barclay's squadron
appears off of Cleveland,
Ohio |
June
20 | USS
Constellation attempts capture of blockading vessels off Hampton, Virginia |
June
22 | Battle
of Craney Island |
June
24 | Battle
of Beaver Dams |
June
25 | Attack
on Hampton, Virginia |
June
27 | Privateer
Teazer
(ship) blown up in Mahone
Bay, Nova Scotia |
July
3 | Capture
of Sloops Growler
and Eagle
near Ile
aux Noix |
July
5 | Raid
on Fort Schlosser |
July
8 | Action
at Butler's Farm |
July
8 |
Fort George, UC |
July
11 |
Black Rock, NY |
July
26 | General
Henry
Procter quits the siege of Fort
Meigs |
July
27 | Battle
of Burnt Corn |
July
31 | Raid
on Plattsburg |
July
31 | Second
occupation of York |
August
2 | General
Henry
Proctor's assault fails at Fort
Stephenson |
August
4 | Admiral
Perry sails fleet into Lake
Erie |
August
5 | Dominica
vs. Decatur |
August
7 | Schooners
Hamilton
and Scourge
founder on Lake
Ontario |
August
10 | Naval
engagement ships Julia
and Pert captured |
August
12 | Capture
of USS Argus |
August
24 |
Fort George, UC |
August
30 | Fort
Mims massacre |
September
10 | Battle
of Lake Erie |
September
25 | Capture
of HMS Boxer |
September
27 | Harrison
lands in Canada |
September
28 | Burlington
Races |
October
5 | Battle
of the Thames |
October
16 | Battle
of Leipzig |
October
26 | Battle
of Chateauguay |
November
3 | Battle
of Tallushatchee |
November
4 | Great
Britain offers the United
States peace
negotiations |
November
6 | General
James
Wilkinson's flotilla runs past the batteries at Fort
Wellington |
November
9 | Battle
of Talladega |
November
10 | Skirmish
at Hoople's Creek |
November
11 | Battle
of Crysler's Farm |
November
13 | Skirmish
at Nanticoke |
November
15 | Funeral
of General
Covington
at French
Mills |
November
15 | General
James
Wilkinson's army
goes into winter
quarters |
November
16 | British
extend blockade
to middle
states and southern
states |
December
10 | Burning
of Newark |
December
15 | Skirmish
at Thomas McCrae's house |
December
19 | Capture
of Fort Niagara |
Dec.
19-31 | British
destroy Lewiston
Fort
Schlosser Black
Rock and Buffalo |
