Mar 27 Battle at Horseshoe Bend General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians

Mar 31 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris France

Mar 20 Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands

Mar 25 Netherlands Bank established

Mar 29 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians

Mar 29 Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians

Mar 12 British troops under Wellington capture Bordeaux in France

Mar 30 Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon

Mar 27 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians

Aug 24 Washington, D.C. is burned by the British.

Aug 25 The US Library of Congress and its 3,000 books is destroyed by British troops.

Aug 25 British capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it)

Aug 24 British sack Washington, DC, White House burned

Sep 14 Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Sep 11 Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British

Sep 12 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812

Feb 27 Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres

Feb 01 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200

Feb 01 Lord Byron's "The Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on the day of publication

Feb 11 Norway's independence proclaimed

Apr 05 Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes

Apr 29 USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier

Apr 11 Former French leader Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to the island of Elba

Apr 11 The first abdication of Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba

Nov 06 The birth of Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor of the saxophone

Dec 24 Treaty of Ghent (end of the War of 1812) signed

May 04 Bourbon reign restored in France

May 30 The first Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's first abdication

May 05 British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego NY

May 17 Norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll

May 11 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh

May 17 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)

Jul 18 British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)

Jul 25 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British

Jul 05 Americans defeat British &Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario

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