THE WAR OF 1812: CHATHAM-KENT

TIME LINE OF WAR EVENTS

1784 - Ohio Treaties (USA)
1793 - France Begins Economic Warfare (World-Wide)
1794, Feb. 10 - Dorchester Urges Revival of Native Confederacies (Canada)
1794, Aug. 20 -  Fallen Timbers (Ohio, USA)
1794, Nov. 19 - Jay's Treaty (USA)
1795 - British Vote on Increased Impressment (Britain)
1806 - USA Re-Exporting Banned Goods (USA, World-Wide)
1806, May 16 - British Blockade from Elbe River to Brest (Europe)
1806, Nov. 21 - Napoleon's Berlin Decree (World-Wide)
1807, Jan. 7 - Britain Bans French Trade (World-Wide)
1807 - Napoleon Strikes Back with the Fontainebleau and Milan Decrees (World-Wide)
1807, June 22 - HMS "Leopard" Fires on USS "Chesapeake" (Virginian Coast, USA)
1807, July 2 - Royal Navy Denied Access to US Ports (USA)
1807, Nov. 7 - Britain Declares Major Blockade (World-Wide)
1807, Dec. 2 2- US Embargo Act (USA)
1807-1812 - France and Allies seize 479 American Ships While Britain seizes 389 (World-Wide)
1808 - Tecumseh and The Prophet Found Prophetstown (Indiana, USA)
1809, March 4 - James Madison Inaugurated as President of USA (USA)
1809, April 26 - Britain Blockades Ports Under French Control (World-Wide)
1810, July 4 - Harrison Writes of "Proof" That Britain is Encouraging Native Violence (USA)
1811, Feb. 5 - Prince Regent Replaces King George III (Britain)
1811, March 16 - HMS "Little Belt" vs. USS "President" (Virginian Coast, USA)
1811 (Spring) - British Reduce Native Supplies in Attempt to Dissuade Hostilities (Canadian Frontier)
1811 (Fall) - Henry Clay Orchestrates War Hawks Team to Force the War Issue (Washington, USA)
1811, Nov. 6-8 - Battle of Tippecanoe---Prophetstown is Destroyed (Indiana, USA)

1812

March 26-Aug. 9 - St. Augustine (Florida, USA)
May 11 - British PM Spencer Perceval Assassinated (Britain)
June 18 - USA Declares War on Britain (USA)
June-July - Baltimore Riots (Maryland, USA)
June 23 - USS "President"& USS "Congress" vs. HMS "Belvidera" (North Atlantic)
June 23 - Napoleon Invades Russia (Russia)
June 23 - Britain Repeals Orders-in-Council Before Being Notified of US War (Britain)
July 2 - British Capture of "Cuyahoga", Carrying Hull's Papers (Lake Erie)
July 5 - Bombardment of Sandwich, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 12 - Hull Occupies Sandwich, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 16, Skirmish at Canard River (Ontario)
July 17 - British Capture of Fort Mackinac (Michilimackinac, Michigan, USA)
July 17 - HMS "Shannon", "Africa", and "Aeolus" vs. USS "Nautilus "
July 17-25 - Fighting at River Canard, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 19 - Sackets Harbour (New York, USA)
July 21 - Hull Returns to Detroit (Michigan, USA)
July 22 - Proclamation by Brock (Ontario)
July 26 - Procter Assumes Command at Fort Amherstburg (Ontario)
July 30 - Britain receives News of the War (Britain)
Aug. 1 - Americans Hold Council at Piqua in Attempt to Gain Native Support (Ohio, USA)
Aug. 5 - Battle of Brownstown (Michigan, USA)
Aug 8. - Americans Abandon Sandwich, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug. 9 - Armistace Based on Honour with Dearborn
Aug. 9. - Battle of Maguaga (Michigan, USA)
Aug 13 - USS "Essex" vs. HMS "Alert" (North Atlantic)
Aug. 13 - Brock Meets With Tecumseh at Amherstburg, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug. 15 - Fort Dearborn (Illinois, USA)
Aug 16 - Capture of Fort Detroit (Michigan, USA)
Aug. 19 - USS "Constitution" vs. HMS "Guerriere" (North Atlantic)
Sept. - British Begin Task of Assuming Control Over Michigan (Michigan, USA)
Sept. 3 - Pigeon Roost (Indiana, USA)
Sept. 4 - Seige of Fort Wayne (Indiana, USA)
Sept. 4-5 - Seige of Fort Harrison (Indiana, USA)
Sept. 5-8 - Seige of Fort Madison (Iowa, USA)
Sept. 13 - Skirmish Near Miami Rapids (Ohio, USA)
Sept. 16 - Prescott, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Sept. 21 - Raid of Ganonoque. Upper Canada (Ontario)
Sept. 27 - Florida (Florida, USA)
Sept. 29 - Battle of Marblehead Peninsula (Ohio, USA)
Oct. 4 - Battle of Ogdensburg (New York, USA)
Oct. - Pimartan's Town (Illinois, USA)
Oct. 10 - Capture of HMS "Caledonia" and HMS "Detroit" (Niagara River)
Oct. 13 - Battle of Queenston Heights, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Oct. 13 - Artillery Duel, Fort Niagara vs. Fort George (Niagara River)
Oct. 18 - USS "Wasp" vs. HMS "Frolic" (North Atlantic)
Oct. 23 - Battle of St Regis, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Oct. 25 - USS "United States" vs. HMS "Macedonian" (North Atlantic)
Nov. 9 - Battle of Kingston Harbour, Upper Canada (Lake Ontario)
Nov. 20 - First Battle of Lacolle Mill, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Nov. - Black Rock vs. Fort Erie, Upper Canada (New York, USA)
Nov. 22 - HMS "South Hampton" vs. USS "Vixen" (North Atlantic)
Nov. 22 - Second Battle of Tippecanoe (Indiana, USA)
Nov. 22 - Skirmish at Maumee River (Ohio, USA)
Nov. 23 - Raid of St Regis, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Nov. 23 - Raid of French Mills (New York, USA)
Nov. 28 - Battle of Frenchman's Creek, Upper Canada (New York, USA)
Dec. 11 - USS "Essex" vs. HMS "Nocton" (South Atlantic)
Dec. 17 - Battle of the Mississinewa River (Indiana, USA)
Dec. 29 - USS "Constitution" vs. HMS "Java"(Atlantic, Off Brazil)

1813

Jan. 13 - Movement to River Raisin (Ontario-Kentucky)
Jan. 17 - HMS "Narcissus" vs. USS "Viper" (Caribbean)
Jan. 18 - Battle of Frenchtown (Michigan, USA)
Jan. 22 - Battle of the River Raisin (Michigan, USA)
Jan. 23 - Massacre at the River Raisin (Michigan, USA)
Feb. 7 - Raid of Elizabethtown (Ontario)
Feb. 9 - Duck River (Tennessee, USA)
Feb. 22 - Raid of Ogdensburg (New York, USA)
Feb. 24 - USS "Hornet" vs. HMS "Peacock" (Atlantic, Off Guiana)
Feb. - Construction of Fort Meigs and HMS "Detroit" (Ohio, USA/Ontario)
March 10 - First Runaway Slaves Make it to Royal Navy (Chesapeake Bay, USA)
March 17-18 - Artillery duel, Black Rock vs. Fort Erie (New York, USA/Ontario)
March 18 - Raid of Fort Vallonia (Indiana, USA)
March 30 - Raid of Buffalo Fort (Missouri, USA)
April 3 - Battle of Rappahannock River (Virginia, USA)
April 6 - Bombardment of Lewes (Delaware, USA)
April 15 - West Florida (Alabama/Louisiana, USA)
April 19 - Raid of Kaskaskia
April 24 - Procter Mounts Expedition to Fort Meigs (Ontario/Ohio, USA)
April 27 - Battle of York, Upper Canada
April 28-May 9 - Siege of Fort Meigs
April 29 - Raid of Frenchtown (Maryland, USA)
May 3 - Burning of Havre de Grace (Maryland, USA)
May 3 - Raid of Bell's Ferry (Maryland, USA)
May 15 - Raid of Mink River (illinois, USA)
May 25-27 - Capture of Fort George, Upper Canada (Ontario)
May 29 - Battle of Sackets Harbour (New York, USA)
June - Captain Barclay Assumes Command of Lake Erie Fleet (Ontario)
June 1 - HMS "Shannon" vs. USS "Chesapeake" (Atlantic Ocean, Off Massachusetts)
June 3 - USS "Growler" and USS "Eagle" Captured (Richelieu River, Quebec)
June 6 - Battle of Stoney Creek, Upper Canada (Ontario)
June 8 - Battle of Forty Mile Creek, Upper Canada (Ontario)
June 22 - Battle of Craney Island (Virginia, USA)
June 24 - Battle of Beaver Dams, Upper Canada (Ontario)
June 26 - Hampton (Virginia, USA)
July 5 - Raid on Fort Schlosser (New York, USA)
July 8 - Fort George, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 11 - Raid of Black Rock (New York, USA)
July 20 - Battle of Cranberry Creek (New York, USA)
July 21-28 - Second Siege at Fort Meigs (Ohio, USA)
July 27 - Battle of Burnt Corn (Alabama, USA)
July 29 - Plattsburgh (New York, USA)
July 29 - Burlington Beach, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 31 -  Raid of York , Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug. 2 - Battle of Fort Stephenson (Ohio, USA)
Aug. 7-10 - US Fleet vs. British Fleet (Lake Ontario)
Aug. 8 - USS "Hamilton" and USS "Scourge" Sank in Storm (Lake Ontario)
Aug. 10 - Raid of St Michaels (Maryland, USA)
Aug. 10 -USS "Julia" and USS "Prowler" Captured (Lake Ontario)
Aug. 13 - Raid of Queenstown/Slippery Hill/Hall's Landing/Blakeford Shore (Maryland, USA)
Aug. 14 - HMS "Pelican" vs. USS "Argus" (Irish Sea, Off Wales)
Aug. 24 - Fort George, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug. 30 - Battle of Fort Mims (Alabama, USA)
Sept. 5 - USS "Enterprise" vs. HMS "Boxer" (Atlantic, Off Maine)
Sept. 6 - Skirmish at Ball's Farm, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Sept. 9 - Barclay Sails to Engage Perry (Lake Ontario)
Sept. 10 - Battle of Lake Erie/ Put-in-Bay (Ohio, USA)
Sept 18 - Council Announcing Procter's Retreat, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Sept. 20 - Skirmish at Odelltown, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Sept. 23 - Gen. Harrison Lands (Ontario)
Sept. 28 - Burlington Races, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Sept. 29 - Procter Reaches Thames (Ontario)
Oct. 1 - Near Chateauguay, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Oct. 4 - Battle of the Forks (Ontario)
Oct. 5 - Battle of the Thames (Ontario)
Oct. 12 - Massequoi Village, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Oct. 26 - Battle of Chateauguay, Lower Canada (Quebec)
Nov. 1-2 - Battle of French Creek (New York, USA)
Nov. 3 - Battle of Tallushatchee (Alabama, USA)
Nov. 9 - Battle of Talladega (Alabama, USA)
Nov. 11 - Battle of Crysler's Farm (Ontario)
Nov. 29 - Battle of Autosse/Tallahassee (Alabama, USA)
Dec. 10 - Burning of Niagara, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Dec. 19 - The Capture of Fort Niagara (New York, USA)
Dec. 19 - Burning of Lewiston (New York, USA)
Dec. 23 - Battle of Eccanachaca, (The Holy Ground) (Alabama, USA)
Dec. 29-30 - Lewiston, Fort Schlosser (New York, USA)
Dec. 30 - Burning of Buffalo & Blackrock (New York, USA)

1814

Jan. 22 - Emuckfau Creek (Alabama, USA)
Jan. 24 - Battle of Enotachopco Creek (Alabama, USA)
Jan 27 - Calabee Creek (Alabama, USA)
Feb. 14 - USS "Constitution" vs. HMS "Pictou"
March 4 - Longwoods, Upper Canada (Ontario)
March 23 - Second Battle of La Colle Mill, Lower Canada (Quebec)
March 27 - Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Alabama, USA)
March 28 - HMS "Phobe" & "Cherub" vs. USS "Essex" & "Essex Junior" (Pacific Coast, Off Chile)
April 20 - HMS "Orpheus" vs. USS "Frolic" (Caribbean)
April 29 - USS "Peacock" vs. HMS "Epervier" (Caribbean)
May 5-6 - Attack on Fort Ontario/Oswego (New York, USA)
May 14 - Raid on Port Dover (Ontario)
May 30 - Battle of Sandy Creek/Oswego Falls (New York, USA)
June 1 - Battle of Cedar Point/St. Jerome's Point (Maryland, USA)
June 22 - HMS "Leander" vs. USS "Rattlesnake" (North Atlantic)
June 26 - Second Battle of St. Leonard's (Maryland, USA)
June 28 - USS "Wasp" vs. HMS "Reindeer" (North Atlantic)
June 28 - Skirmish at Odelltown, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 3 - Capture of Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 5 - Battle of Chippawa, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 11 - Fort Sullivan (Maine, USA)
July 12 - HMS "Medway" vs. USS "Syren" (Off Africa)
July 18 - Burning of St David's, Upper Canada (Ontario)
July 18-19 - Raid of Champlain Village (New York, USA)
July 20 - Siege of Prairie du Chien (Wisonsin, USA)
July 21 - Battle of Rock River (Illinois, USA)
July 25 - Battle of Lundy's Lane, Upper Canada
July 26 - Mackinac (Michigan, USA)
Aug. 1 - Siege of Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug. 3 - Battle of Conjocta Creek/Black Rock (New York, USA)
Aug. 4 - Attack on Mackinac (Michigan, USA)
Aug. 9-12 - Battle of Stonington (Conneticut, USA)
Aug. 11 - Attack on St Michael's (Maryland, USA)
Aug. 12 - USS "Somers" & USS "Ohio" Captured (Lake erie/Niagara River)
Aug. 14 - HMS "Nancy" Destroyed (Lake Huron)
Aug. 15 - Battle of Fort Erie, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Aug. 24 - Battle of Bladensburg (Maryland, USA)
Aug. 25 - Burning of Washington ( Washington, D.C., USA)
Sept. 1 - USS "Wasp" vs. HMS "Avon" (North Atlantic)
Sept. 4 - Battle of Rock Island (Illinois, USA)
Sept. 6-14 - Battle of Plattsburgh (New York, USA)
Sept. 12 - Skirmish at North Point (Maryland, USA)
Sept. 13 - Bombardment of Fort McHenry (Maryland, USA)
Sept. 15 - Battle of Fort Boyer (Alabama, USA)
Sept. 17 - US Sortie from Fort Erie, Upper Canada(Ontario
Oct. 15 - Skirmish at Chippewa, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Oct 19 - Battle of Cook's Mills, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Nov. 6 - Battle of Malcolm's Mills, Upper Canada (Ontario)
Nov. 7 - Occupation of Pensacola (Florida, USA)
Dec. 6 - Battle of Farnham Church (Virginia, USA)
Dec. 14 - Battle of Lake Borgne (Louisiana, USA)
Dec. 23 - Battle of Villere's Plantation (Louisiana, USA)
Dec. 24 - Treaty of Ghent, Ending the War of 1812 (Ghent, Belgium)

1815

Jan. 1 - Battle of Rodrigues Canal (Louisiana, USA)
Jan. 8-9 - Battle of New Orleans (Louisiana, USA)
Jan. 9-18 - Battle of Fort St. Philip (Louisiana, USA)
Feb. 11 - Siege of Fort Bowyer (Alabama. USA)
Feb. 16 - President Madison Ratifies Treaty of Ghent (USA)
Feb. 20 - US Frigate "Constitution" vs. HMS "Cayne" & "Levant" (Off North Africa)
Feb. 24 - Battle of St. Mary's River (Georgia, USA)
May 24 - Battle of Sinkhole/Fort Howard (Missouri, USA)
June 30 - USS "Peacock" vs. East India cruiser "Nautilus", last battle of the War of 1812 (Indian Ocean)