The military conflict between American forces and members of the British Empire known as The War of 1812 actually stretched on for two-and-a-half years.
Here is a timeline for the War of 1812:
June 18, 1812 – President James Madison signs a declaration of War against Britain.
Aug. 16, 1812 – Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock captures Detroit.
Oct. 13, 1812 – Brock stops an American invasion at the Battle of Queenston Heights, but is killed in the fighting.
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April 27, 1813 – The Americans cross Lake Ontario and burn York (now Toronto), then the capital of Upper Canada.
May 1813 – American forces overrun the Niagara Peninsula and capture Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Oct. 5, 1813 – Tecumseh, leading of a native coalition allied with the British, is killed at Moraviantown
Oct. 26, 1813 – A badly outnumbered force of French Canadian militiamen soundly defeat an American invasion force aiming for Montreal at the Battle of Chateaugauy.
Nov. 11, 1813 – Another outnumbered British force defeats another American invasion force at the Battle of Crysler’s Farm.
December 1813 – The British retake the Niagara Peninsula.
July 25-26 1814 – Another American invasion force is thwarted at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane.
Aug. 24, 1814 – A British force landed from the sea burns much of Washington.
Dec. 24, 1814 – Treaty of Ghent signed to end the war.
Jan. 8, 1815 – Because transatlantic communications were so slow, the final major battle of the war was at New Orleans, two weeks after the treaty was signed.
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