The War of 1812: Chronology of Major Events

June 18, 1812	The United States declared war on Great Britain.
October 13, 1812	British forces won the Battle of Queenston Heights in Canada.
January 22, 1813	An American army advancing toward Detroit was defeated and captured at Frenchtown on the Raisin River.
April 27, 1813	American forcess captured York (now Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada. They later burned some public buildings.
September 10, 1813	American naval forces under Master-Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry won the Battle of Lake Erie.
October 5, 1813	American forces under General William Henry Harrison won the Battle of the Thames River in Moraviantown, an Indian village in Canada.
December 1814	British forces crossed the Niagara River, captured Fort Niagara, and burned Buffalo and neighboring villages.
July 25, 1814	American forces under Major General Jacob Brown and Brigadier General Winfield Scott crossed the Niagara River from Buffalo and defeated the British at the Battle of Chippewa.
August 24, 1814	British troops invaded Washington, D.C., and burned the Capitol and the White House.
September 11, 1814	American naval forces defeated a British fleet in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
December 24, 1814	The Americans and the British signed a peace treaty in Ghent, Belgium.
January 8, 1815	American forces under General Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans.

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