Timeline

 

 

Before the war: Nov. 7, 1811  Apr. 28, 1812	Battle of Tippecanoe (Shawnee defeated) Letter from Askin to Charles Askin
1812
June 18	U.S. declares war on Great Britain
July 12	Hull's army invades Upper Canada at Sandwich  Letter from Askin to McGill  Map of campaign . (See the transcription)
July 16	Skirmishes at River Canard
July 17	Capture of Fort Mackinac (by British)
August 5	Skirmish at Brownstown
Aug. 7 - 13	Charles Askin's diary - traveling with Brock to Amherstburg See map of Brock's trip
August 14	Brock and Tecumseh meet
Aug. 15 & 16	Richardson; Norton's account L. Bacon's diary - hear audio clip. (See the transcription)
August 16	Brock crosses over to Detroit; Surrender of Detroit Map of campaign . (See the transcription)
Sept. 6	Fort Wayne attacked by Tecumseh
October 13	Battle of Queenston Heights (Brock killed)
1813
Jan. 22, 1813	Battle of the River Raisin (Frenchtown) - Procter wins; natives massacre Americans
April 27	Americans capture York
May 1 - 9	First siege of Fort Meigs by Procter (unsuccessful)
May 27	Americans capture Fort George British abandon Fort Erie
June 6	Battle of Stoney Creek
June 9	Americans abandon Fort Erie
June 22	Laura Secord walks to Beaver Dams
June 24	Battle of Beaver Dams
July 26 - 28	Second siege of Fort Meigs
July 31	Second occupation of York
Sept. 10	Battle of Lake Erie Map of battle . (See the transcription)
Sept. 27	Procter begins retreat from Fort Malden Map of retreat
Oct. 5	Battle of the Thames (Moraviantown)(Tecumseh killed) Map of the Battle of the Thames
Oct. 25	Battle of Chateauguay
Nov. 11	Battle of Crysler's Farm
Nov. 12	Conditions of the civilians after American victory: Letter from Askin to his children
Dec. 6	Skirmish at the McCrae house
Dec. 10	Burning of Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
Dec. 19	Fort Niagara captured by British
1814
March 4	Battle of the Longwoods (Battle Hill) See a video of the re-enactment of the battle . (See the transcription)
March 27	Battle of Horseshoe Bend
May 6	British raid on Oswego, New York
July 5	Battle of Chippawa
July 25	Battle of Lundy's Lane
August 3	Siege of Fort Erie begins
August 15	Drummond fails in night assault on Fort Erie
Aug. 24	Battle of Bladensburg/ entry into Washington (burn public buildings)
Sept. 11	Battle of Plattsburg
Sept. 12 - 15	British attack on Baltimore
Sept. 13	Attack on Fort McHenry
Oct. 19	Battle of Cook's Mills
Oct. 26 – Nov. 17	McArthur's raid through the Thames valley
Nov. 5	Americans destroy Fort Erie and retreat across river
Dec. 24	Treaty of Ghent signed (official end of the war)
1815
Jan. 8	Battle of New Orleans