Timeline War of 1812
1811 |
Nov. 4 | War Congress convenes |
| Nov. 7 | Battle of Tippecanoe | |
1812 |
June 18 | United States declares war on Great Britain |
| June - August | Baltimore Riots | |
| July 1 | United States doubles Customs Duties | |
| July 12 | General William Hull enters Canada | |
| July 17 | Surrender of Fort Michilimackinac to the British | |
| Aug. 15 | Fort Dearborn massacre | |
| Aug. 16 | General William Hull surrenders to General Isaac Brock at Detroit | |
| Aug. 19 | The Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière | |
| Oct. 13 | General Isaac Brock is killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights | |
| Oct. 18 | The Wasp defeats HMS Frolic | |
| Oct. 18 | The Wasp captured by HMS Poictiers | |
| Oct. 25 | The United States defeats HMS Macedonian | |
| Nov. | Madison wins reelection | |
| Nov. | British blockade South Carolina and Georgia | |
| Nov. 23 | Americans retreat from eastern Canada | |
| Nov. 27 | Americans attack outlying positions at Fort Erie | |
| Dec. 3 | William Eustis resigns as Secretary of War | |
| Dec. 3 - Feb. 5, 1813 |
Monroe serves as Secretary of War | |
| Dec. 29 | The Constitution defeats HMS Java | |
| Dec. 29 | Paul Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Navy | |
| Dec. 26 | Great Britain proclaims blockade of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays | |
| Dec. 29 | The Constitution defeats HMS Java | |
| Dec. 29 | Paul Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Navy | |
1813 |
Jan. 12 | William Jones assumes his duties as Secretary of the Navy |
| Jan. 22 | Battle of Frenchtown | |
| Jan. 23 | River Raisin massacre | |
| Feb. 5 | John Armstrong becomes Secretary of War | |
| Feb. 24 | The Hornet defeats HMS Peacock | |
| Mar. | Captain David Porter of the Essex rounds Cape Horn and sails into the Pacific to prey upon British whaling ships | |
| Mar. 27 | Oliver Hazard Perry arrives at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, to assume responsibility for constructing a fleet on Lake Erie | |
| Mar. to Dec. | British naval forces raid in the Chesapeake Bay area | |
| Mar. 30 | British blockade extended from Long Island to the Mississippi | |
| April 15 | Americans occupy part of west Florida | |
| April 15 | Wilkinson occupies Mobile | |
| April 27 | Americans capture York (Toronto) | |
| May 3 | British burn Havre de Grace | |
| May 1 - May 5 | Siege of Fort Meigs | |
| May 26 | British blockade additional middle and southern states | |
| May 27 | Americans capture Fort George | |
| May 29 | British forces repulsed at Sackett's Harbor | |
| June 1 | HMS Shannon defeats the Chesapeake | |
| June 6 | Detachment of Americans defeated at Stoney Creek | |
| June 22 | Battle of Norfolk | |
| June 24 | Battle of Beaver Dams | |
| June 26 | British attack Hampton | |
| July 27 | Battle of Burnt Corn | |
| Aug. 1 | Major Croghan successfully defends Fort Stephenson against British attack | |
| Aug. 2 | Battle of Fort Stephenson | |
| Aug. 4 | Admiral Perry gets his fleet over the bar at Presque Isle and into Lake Erie | |
| Aug. 30 | Fort Mims massacre | |
| Sept. 10 | Battle of Lake Erie | |
| Sept. 27 | Harrison lands in Canada | |
| Oct. 5 | Battle of the Thames | |
| Oct. 16-19 | Battle of Leipzig | |
| Oct. 25-26 | Battle of Chateaugay | |
| Nov. 3 | Battle of Tallushatchee | |
| Nov. 4 | Great Britain offers United States direct peace negotiations | |
| Nov. 9 | Battle of Talladega | |
| Nov. 11 | Battle of Chrysler’s Farm | |
| Nov. 16 | British extend blockade to all middle and southern states | |
| Dec. 10 | Fort George evacuated and Newark burned by Americans | |
| Dec. 18 | Fort Niagara occupied by British | |
| Dec. 19-31 | Lewiston, Fort Schlosser, Black Rock, and Buffalo destroyed by the British | |
1814 |
Jan. 22 | Battle of Emuckfau |
| Jan. 24 | Battle of Enotachopco | |
| Mar. 27-28 | Battle of Horseshoe Bend | |
| Mar. 28 | HMS Phoebe and HMS Cherub defeat the Essex | |
| April 11 | Napoleon abdicates French throne | |
| April 14 | United States repeals Embargo and Nonimportation Law | |
| April 20 | HMS Orpheus defeats the Frolic | |
| April 25 - May 30 | British extend blockade to New England | |
| April 29 | The Peacock defeats HMS Epervier | |
| June 28 | The Wasp II defeats HMS Reindeer | |
| July - Sept. | British occupy eastern Maine | |
| July 3 | Americans capture Fort Erie | |
| July 5 | Battle of Chippewa | |
| July 25 | Battle of Lundy's Lane | |
| Aug. | U.S. banks suspend specie payments | |
| Aug. | United States public credit collapses | |
| Aug. 8 | Peace negotiations begin in Ghent | |
| Aug. 8 | Great Britain outlines initial peace terms | |
| Aug. 9 | The Creeks sign a treaty at Fort Jackson ceding much of their land | |
| Aug. 13 - Sept. 21 | Siege of Fort Erie begins | |
| Aug. 14 | British occupy Pensacola | |
| Aug. 15 | Battle of Fort Erie | |
| Aug. 19 | British land near Benedict, Maryland | |
| Aug. 24 | Battle of Bladensburg | |
| Aug. 24-25 | British burn Washington | |
| Aug. 28 | British capture Alexandria, Virginia | |
| Aug. 28 | Nantucket declares Neutrality | |
| Sept.1 | General George Prevost moves south toward Plattsburgh | |
| Sept. 4 | Armstrong resigns and Monroe takes over as Secretary of War | |
| Sept. 11 | Battle of Plattsburgh | |
| Sept. 12-16 | British repulsed at Mobile | |
| Sept. 12-14 | Battle of North Point, near Baltimore | |
| Sept.13-14 | British bombard Fort McHenry, near Baltimore | |
| Sept. 13 | Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner | |
| Sept. 14 | British abandon attempt to take Baltimore | |
| Sept. 17 | Americans sortie from Fort Erie | |
| Sept. 26 | British squadron captures General Armstrong | |
| Oct. 21 | Great Britain offers peace on basis of uti possidetis | |
| Nov. 5 | Americans evacuate Fort Erie | |
| Nov. 7 | Jackson seizes Pensacola | |
| Nov. 11 | Jackson returns to Mobile | |
| Nov. 22 | Jackson leaves for New Orleans | |
| Nov. 25 | British fleet sails from Jamaica for New Orleans | |
| Nov. 27 | Great Britain drops the uti possidetis | |
| Dec. 14 | British overwhelm American gunboats on Lake Borgne | |
| Dec. 15 - Jan. 5 | Hartford Convention | |
| Dec. 15 - Feb. 27, 1815 | United States adopts additional internal taxes | |
| Dec. 23 | British land their troops below New Orleans | |
| Dec. 23 | General Andrew Jackson attacks in a surprise night battle | |
| Dec. 23 - Jan. 1 | Preliminary battles around New Orleans | |
| Dec. 24 | Peace of Ghent signed | |
| Dec. 28 | United States rejects conscription proposal | |
1815 |
Jan. 8 | Americans defeat British in the Battle of New Orleans |
| Feb. 4 | United States adopts second enemy trade law | |
| Feb. 17 | United States rejects National Bank proposal | |
| Feb. 17 | Ratifications of the Peace Treaty exchanged and President Madison declares the war at an end |
