MISSOURI TERRITORY formed,—­Dec. 7.

BRITISH frigate Java captured by the Constitution,
off Bahia, Brazil,—­Dec. 29.

1813.  BATTLE OF FRENCHTOWN, Mich.; Winchester defeated by
   Proctor,—­Jan. 22.

BRITISH brig Peacock captured the Hornet off the
   Demarara, South America,—­Feb. 24.

MADISON began second presidential term,—­March 4.

BATTLE OF YORK, Canada (now Toronto); explosion of British
   magazine,—­April 27.

FORT MEIGS besieged by 2,000 British and Indians under Proctor,—­May 1.

GENERAL CLAY and I,200 Kentuckians dispersed besiegers,—­May 5.

PBEVOST made an unsuccessful attack on Sackett’s Harbor,—­May 29.

THE Chesapeake, Captain Lawrence, captured by the Shannon,
   in Massachusetts Bay,—­June I.

DEFENCE OF FORT STEPHENSON (now Lower Sandusky, O.) by Major
   Crogan,—­Aug. 3.

AMERICAN brig Argus captured by the Pelican, in the
   English Channel,—­Aug. 14.

THE CREEK WAR; Massacre of Fort Mimms, Ala.,—­Aug. 30.

BRITISH brig Boxer captured by the Enterprise, off
   Maine,—­Sept. 5.

PERRY’S victory at west end of Lake Erie,—­Sept. 10.

BATTLE OF THE THAMES, or Moravian town, Canada; Tecumseh
   killed,—­Oct. 5.

BATTLE OF TALLADEGA, Ala.; Jackson defeated the Creeks,—­Nov. 9.

BATTLE OF CHRYSLER’S FIELD, Canada; British repulsed,—­Nov. 11.

PORTER made a successful cruise in the Pacific with the Essex.

1814.  BATTLE OF TOHOPEKA, or Horse-Shoe Bend, Ala.; last of the
   Creek War,—­March 27.

AMERICAN frigate Essex captured off Chile,—­March 28.

WILKINSON repulsed at La Colle Mill, Canada,—­March 30.

Peacock captured British brig Epervier, off
   Florida,—­April 29.

Wasp captured British sloop Reindeer, near English
   Channel,—­June 18.

GENERALS SCOTT AND RIPLEY captured Fort Erie,—­July 3.

BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA, Canada; Scott defeated Riall,—­July 5.

BATTLE OF LUNDY’S LANE, Canada, the most obstinate of the war,—­July 25.

FIRST BATTLE of Fort Erie, Drummond repulsed,—­Aug. 15.

Ross dispersed Americans at Bladensburg, Md.,—­Aug. 24.

WASHINGTON D. C., captured; public buildings burned,—­Aug. 24.

BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN; American victory, Sept. 11.

BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG, N. Y.; Prevost, British, defeated by
   McComb,—­Sept. 11.

Ross defeated Americans at North Point, Md.; death of Ross,—­Sept. 12.

BROOKS’ unsuccessful bombardment of Fort McHenry, Md.,—­Sept. 13.

BRITISH bombarded Fort Boyer, Mobile Bay, without success,—­Sept. 15.

SECOND BATTLE of Fort Erie; Brown dispersed besiegers,—­Sept. 17.