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Married woman's property assessed. Anglo-Turkish Military Convention in- formally signed, Sept. 6.
War in Egypt (q. v.)
1883 The assassins of Mr. Burke and Lord Cavendish identified, Feb. 10. Opening of the Royal College of Music, May 1. The Marquis of Lansdowne appointed Governor-General of Canada.
New Parcel Post first in operation, Aug. 1. Annexation of territory on African west coast proclaimed, Aug. 23. Surrender of Cetewayo to the British residents, Oct. 6.
Sir J. H. Glover appointed Governor of Newfoundland, Dec. 19.
1884 New Patents Act goes into operation, Jan. 1.
Departure of Gen. Gordon for Egypt, Jan. 18.
The Queen visits Darmstadt, April 16. Death of Prince Leopold, Duke of Al- bany, March 28, aged 29.
Monster reform demonstration in Lon- don, July 21.
Jubilee of the abolition of slavery cele- brated in London, Aug. 1.
Serious anti-Salvation riots, at Worthing, Aug. 17.
Earl of Dufferin appointed to the Vice- Royalty of India, Sept. 10.
Greenwich adopted as the universal prime meridian, Oct. 13.
Portuguese fire upon the British ship Tyburnia, at Madeira, Dec. 3. Anti-Mormon riot in Sheffield, Dec. 7. Attempt to blow up London Bridge, Dec. 13.
Lord Rea appointed Governor of Bombay, Dec. 13.
1885 Attempt to blow up the House of Com- mons, Westminster Hall and Tower of London, Jan. 24. The fall of Khartoum, and death of Gor- don, Jan. 26.
Opening of the Mersey tunnel, Feb. 13. The reserve forces and militia forces called out, March 26.
The revised Bible published, May 18. Princess Beatrice marries Prince Henry, of Battenburg, July 23.
Death of Sir Moses Montefiore, aged 101, July 28.
1885
Grant memorial services at Westmin- ster, Aug. 4.
1886 Parnell's land bill defeated, Sept. 21. 1887 Queen's Jubilee inaugurated, June 21. Irish Crimes Bill passed, July 8. Irish National League proclaimed, A 19.
1888 First White Chapel murder, April 2. U. S. Fishery Commission treaty signed. 1889 Marriage of Princess Louise of Wales, July 27. .
1890
Rejection of overtures from the Pope, Aug. 11. Split in the Irish Parliamentary Party, Dec. 6.
1891 Newfoundland fishery dispute, March- May. U. S. World's Fair invitation accepted, May. sunk by the 1893 Battleship "Victoria"
400 men perished. "Camperdown," off the Syrian coast, The Duke of York married Princess Mary of Teck, July 6.
1895
ceeded by the Earl of Salisbury and a new Radical Cabinet.
1899 Beginning of Boer War in So. Africa, Oct. 11.
1901
Queen Victoria Died, Jan. 22.
King Edward VII. ascends throne.
1902 Boer War, in South Africa, ended in May. 1905 Post Office began to receive messages for wireless transmission to ships at sea, Jan. 1.
AUSTRALIA.
1770 Captain Cook, Sir Joseph Banks and oth- ers land at Botany Bay and name the country New South Wales, April 28.
1773 Explorations of Furneaux. 1774 Capt. Cook explores Australia and New Zealand. 1777 Capt. Cook makes a third voyage of ex- ploration. 1788 First landing of English convicts at Port Jackson.
Phillips, first Governor, founds Sydney, with 1,039 persons, Jan. 26.
1789-'92 Voyage of Bligh. 1790 Distress, owing to the loss of the store- ship "Guardian." .
1793 First house for Public Worship erected. 1795 First publication of Government Ga- zette. 1798 Bass' Straits discovered, by Bass and Flinders. 1800-'05 Explorations and surveys of the coast
1802
of Australia, by Grant and Flinders. First brick church built.
1803
Van . Dieman's Land, now Tasmania, established; first settlement made at Port Philip.
1804 Insurrection of Irish convicts repressed.
1880 Continued fighting in Afghan; Shere Ali made Governor of Candahar; Yakoob Khan attacks Candahar and repulses Gen. Burrows, July 27; sortie from Can- dahar fails, Aug. 16; Gen. Roberts re- lieves Candahar, Aug. 31; defeats Yakoob Khan, Sept. 1.
Resignation of the Beaconsfield Minis- try, April 22; Gladstone forms a new ministry, April 29.
Compensation for Disturbance Bill re- jected.
Lord Montmorris shot, Sept. 25. "Boycotting" practiced.
Arrest of Parnell, Healy and others on charge of conspiracy to prevent pay- ment of rent.
1881 Duke of Argyle resigns from cabinet, April 8.
Lord Salisbury the Conservative Leader. Bradlaugh excluded from House of Com- mons.
Coercion Act for Ireland passed, March 21.
Irish Land Bill passed, Aug. 16.
Yakoob Khan routs the Ameer and en- ters Candahar.
Parnell arrested under Coercion Act, Oct. 13.
Land League declared illegal, Oct, 20. Yakoob Khan defeated by the Ameer, Sept. 22.
Agrarian outrages in Ireland.
1882 Attempt on the Queen's life by. McLean, March 2.
Resignation of Russell ministry, June 26. Derby forms his third cabinet, July 6. Cattle plague continues, causing great loss. Princess Helena marries Prince Chris- tian of Schleswig-Holstein, July 5. Atlantic cable pronounced a success. Habeas Corpus suspended in Ireland. Fenian invasion of Canada.
1867 New reform act passed.
War with Abyssinia begins, caused by imprisonment of British subjects. Sir Robert Napier commands expedition. Fenian outbreaks in Ireland. Disraeli's reform bill.
The Dominion of Canada formed.
1868 Derby ministry resigns, Feb. 25. Disraeli forms new ministry, Feb. 25. Gladstone's bill for Disestablishment of Irish Church passes the House, April 30.
Scotch and Irish reform acts passed, July 13.
Dissolution of Parliament, Dec. 10. Resignation of Disraeli ministry.
Gladstone forms new ministry, Dec. 9. Successful termination of the Abyssinian war.
The suicide of Theodore, King of Abys- sinia, April 13.
1869 Convention on
"Alabama Claims"
States.
Earl Spencer appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Irish Church bill receives the royal as- sent, July 26.
Death of the Earl of Derby, Oct. 23. mary education.
1870 Measures adopted for the spread of pri- Land bill of Ireland receives royal as- sent, July 8. Education bill.
Neutrality in France.
Prussian war proclaimed, July 19. Neutrality of Belgium guaranteed, Aug. 11.
Resignation of John Bright, Dec. 20. Death of the Earl of Clarendon, June 26.
1871 Princess Louise marries the Marquis of Lorne, March 20.
Black Sea Conference, March 13. Treaty with the United States regarding Alabama claims, May 8.
The Irish Church Disestablishment bill goes into effect.
Meeting of the Alabama Claims Com- mission at Geneva.
University tests abolished; army pur- chase abolished.
The Ballot Act passed.
Serious illness of the Prince of Wales. Scott centenary at Edinburgh.
Great riots in Dublin.
1872 Supplemental - treaty with the United States concerning Alabama claims, Feb. 3.
A national thanksgiving for recovery of the Prince of Wales, Feb. 27. O'Connor threatens the Queen, Feb. 29. Settlement of the Alabama claims, Sept. 14.
Scotch educational bill.
Commercial treaty with France, Nov. 5. Serious riots in Belfast.
1873
Abolition of tests in the Irish Universi- ties.
Payment of the Geneva award. Death of Lord Lytton, Jan. 18. Defeat of the Dublin University bill. Resignation of the Gladstone ministry, March 13; ministry resumes office, March 17.
The Shah of Persia visits England. Passage of the Judicature bill, Aug. 5. War with the Ashantees; Sir Garnet Wolseley placed in command.
1874 Irish educational bill fails.
Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh to Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, Jan. 23. Celebrated Tichborne trial, Feb. 28 .. Defeat of Ashantees, Jan. 31, and treaty of peace signed, Feb. 13. Disraeli becomes Prime Minister.
1875 Reopening of the Eastern question. The Prince of Wales visits India. France passes the English Channel Tun- nel bill.
1876 Great revival under Moody and Sankey. England purchases the Suez canal. O'Connell centenary in Ireland. Queen of England proclaimed Empress of India, March 1.
Bulgarian atrocities produce intense ex- citement in England. Defeat of "Home Rule" for Ireland. Disraeli raised to the peerage as the Earl of Beaconsfield. England takes part in the Eastern ques- tion.
1877 Great Britain expresses her disapproval of the Russo-Turkish war, but decides to remain neutral.
Duke of Marlborough made Lord-Lieu- tenant of Ireland. Rejection of Gladstone's resolutions in regard to Turkey.
1878 Russian advance on Constantinople pro- duces great excitement in England. Several changes in the ministry. Earl of Leitrim shot in Ireland.
Beaconsfield and Salisbury represent England in the Berlin Conference. Great commercial depression in England. British Afghanistan war. General Roberts' victory at Piewas Pass, Dec. 2.
Jellalabad occupied by the British, Dec. 20.
1879 Yakoob Khan recognized as Ameer of Afghan, May 9; retirement of British troops; treaty of peace signed, May 30; British residents at Cabul massacred, Sept. 3; Gen. Roberts reaches Cabul, Sept. 28; abdication of Yakoob Khan, Oct. 19; British defeat Afghans at Sherpur, Dec. 23.
Zulu, South Africa, war; British troops enter Zululand, Jan. 12; massacre of Isandula, Jan. 22.
Victory at Kambula, March 29; Prince Louis Napoleon, son of Emperor Napol- eon III., killed by Zulus, June 1; Sir Garnet Wolseley takes command, June 23; battle of Ulundi, total defeat of the Zulu king, Cetewayo, July 4; capture of Cetewayo, Aug. 28. Great distress and famine in Ireland. Parnell visits the United States in be- half of the Land League, Anti-rent agitation in Ireland. ..
Serious riots in Ireland.
1863 Continued distress in cotton districts. Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Prin- cess Alexandra, of Denmark, March 10.
1864 Birth of a son to the Prince of Wales. Visit of Garibaldi.
The lonian Islands ceded to Greece. Powers as to Confederate privateers discussed.
European Conference, at London, on the Schleswig-Holstein question.
1865
Cattle plague in England and Ireland. Fenian troubles in Ireland; arrest of James Stephens, "Head Center," Nov. 11; escape of Stephens, Nov. 24. Russell-Gladstone ministry. Death of Richard Cobden, April 2. Death of Lord Palmerston, Oct. 18. Important commercial treaty with Aus- tria, Dec. 16.
1866 Defeat of Lord Russell's reform bill, June 18.
1842
Stizelecki explores the Australian Alps. Census, 87,200 males; 43,700 females. Incorporation of the City of Sydney. Discovery of the Burra-Burra copper mines, in South Australia.
1844-'48 Explorations of Leichhardt, Stuart, Mitchell, Gregory and Kennedy.
1847 Bishopric of Adelaide founded.
1848 Leichhardt starts on second exploration; party never heard of again. Kennedy killed by natives. Gregory explores the interior.
1849 Great agitation against transportation.
1850 Port Philip erected into the province of Victoria.
1851 Gold discovered, near Bathurst, by Ed- ward Hargreaves; intense excitement in the provinces; great rush to the gold regions.
1854 Sir William Dennison appointed Gover- nor-General.
1855 Gregory's expedition into the interior. 1858-'62 J. McDonald Stuart's expeditions. Death of Archdeacon Cowper, after near- ly fifty years' residence, aged 80. 1859 Province of Queensland established, Dec. 4.
1860 Burke and Willis and two others cross the continent, starting from Melbourne Aug. 20; all perish on the return, next year, except John King.
Sir John Young, Governor of New South Wales.
1861 Stuart and M'Kinlay cross from sea to sea. 1863 Recovery of the remains of Burke and Willis. 1864 General resistance throughout the prov- inces against transportation.
1865 Death of Morgan, a desperate bush- ranger and murderer.
Cessation of transportation to Australia in three years announced.
Settlement of boundary between New South Wales and Victoria, April 19. 1866 Population of Australia, natives exclud- ed, 1,298,667.
1867 Capt. Cadell explores South Australia; discovers mouth of river Roper.
Meeting of Convention from Colonies at Melbourne, to arrange postal communi- cation with Europe.
1871 Delegates from the Colonies meet to pro- test against imperial interference with their mutual fiscal arrangements, Sept. 27.
1872 Telegraphic communication with Eng- land.
Synod of the Church of Australia and Tasmania held at Sydney, Oct. 25.
1876 Willshire explores Daly and Victoria riv- ers. Exhibition at Sydney International opened Sept. 17.
1880 Melbourne Exhibition opened Oct. . 1. Tahiti annexed to France.
The Queensland government authorizes the construction of the trans-conti- nental railway, to bring the colonies within thirty days of England.
1881 Railroad completed from Sydney to Mur- ray River, connecting with Melbourne. Inter-colonial conference at Sydney to consider federal action.
Majority vote in favor of a tariff com- mission and the establishment of an Australian Court of Appeal.
188 Terrible mining accident at Creswick Talbot, Victoria, Dec. 14.
1883 Confederation of the colonies and an- nexation of Papua, New Guinea. Opening of the New University of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Oct. 24. 1885 New South Wales contingent leaves Syd- ney for the Soudan, March 3.
1890 Fire in Sydney causing a loss of $7,500,- 000, Oct. 2.
1891
Federation Convention draft a Constitu- tion for the Commonwealth of Aus- tralia, April 3.
189 Serious floods in Queensland, property and life lost.
1895 Great panic in the money market; many banks and business houses fail.
CANADA.
1768 1767 English Stamp Act accepted by Canadian Provinces. Sir Guy Carleton Governor.
Great fire in Montreal.
1774 Roman Catholic citizens of Canada con- firmed in their political rights and
property.
1775 Legislative council of 23 members ap- pointed.
Commencement of the American War of Independence.
Invasion of Canada by the Americans, under Montgomery and B. Arnold. Fort St. John taken by Montgomery, Nov. 3.
Montreal captured, Nov. 12.
Arnold's attack on Quebec repulsed, Nov. 14.
Arnold and Montgomery attack Quebec, December 31.
Failure of attack and death of Mont- gomery.
1776 The Americans retreat from Canada, June 18:
1784 Settlement of Upper Canada.
1791 Canada is given a constitution, and is divided into upper and lower prov- inces.
First House of Assembly opened. 1792 1794 Toronto made the capital of Upper Can- ada.
1803 Slavery abolished in Canada.
1812 Second war between the United States and Great Britain.
Capture of Detroit by the British, Aug. 15. 14. Surrender of General Wordsworth, Oct. Van Rensselear capitulates, Nov. 27.
1857
1839
Lord Frederick Cavendish appointed 1846 Fitzroy made Governor-General. Census, 114,700 males; 74,800 females.
State trial of McLean, who is adjudged insane.
Death of Lord Beaconsfield.
1862 Great distress in the cotton manufactur- ing districts in consequence of the civil war in America. Confederate "Alabama" sails from Eng- land. Second international exhibition, May 1. Marriage of Princess Alice to Louis of Hesse, July 1.
Prince Alfred declines the throne of Greece, Oct. 23.
Manchester Ship Canal opened, Dec. 7. Defeat of the Liberal party and fall of the Rosebery Cabinet; is suc-
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1824
General census taken April 5.
signed; it is rejected by the United
SUPPLEMENT XX.
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
1776 Battie of Trenton; Washington (loss 9) defeats Rahl and his Hessians (loss 1,000), Dec. 26.
1777 Battle of Princeton; Washington (loss 100) defeats Mawhood (loss 400). Battle- of Bennington, Vt .; Stark (loss 100) defeats Baum and Bremen (loss 600).
Battle of Brandywine; Howe (loss 500) defeats Washington (loss 1,000), Sept. 11. -
Arrival of Lafayette, who is made a Major-General in Continental Army. Philadelphia occupied by the British, Sept. 27. Battle of Germantown; Howe (loss 600) defeats Washington (loss 1,200), Oct. 8-4.
Second battle, near Stillwater; Gen. Gates (loss 350) defeats Burgoyne (loss 600), Oct. 7. Surrender of Burgoyne, at Saratoga, with 5,752 men, to Gates, Oct. 17.
Articles of Confederation adopted by Con- gress, Nov. 15.
American independence recognized by France, Dec. 16."
1778 Treaty, with France concluded, Feb. 6. Philadelphia evacuated by the British, June 18.
Battle of Monmouth; Washington (loss 230) defeats Clinton (loss 400), June 26. Massacre of Wyoming Valley, July 3. Count d'Estaing, with twelve ships of the line, six frigates, and French troops, arrives.
Battle on Rhode Island; Sullivan (loss 211) defeats Pigot (loss 260), Aug. 29. Americans retreat from Rhode Island, Aug. 30.
Savannah seized by the British, Dec. 29. Repulse of Americans at Briar Creek, March 3.
1779
New Haven plundered by the British, July 5.
Fairfield and Green Farms, in Connecti- cut, taken by the British, July 7. 'Stony Point taken by the Americans, July 16.
Charleston, S. C., surrendered to the British, May 12.
Battle of Camden, S. C .; Cornwallis (loss 325) defeats General Gates (loss 730),
Aug. 16. Benedict Arnold betrays and deserts his country: Major. Andre captured, Sept. 23, and hung as a spy, Oct. 2.
1781 Battle of Cowpens; American General Morgan. (loss 72) defeats Tarleton (loss 800), Jan. 17.
Assembling of Congress, March 2, arti- cles of Confederation having been rati- fied by all the States.
Defeat of General Greene by Cornwallis, at Guilford.
Battle of Eutaw Springs; General Greene (loss 655) defeats Stewart (loss 1,100), Sept. 8.
The traitor, Arnold, burns New London, Sept. 6.
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at York- town, with 7,073 men, to Washington, Oct. 19.
1782 Independence of the United States acknowledged by Holland, April 19.
1783 . Independence acknowledged by Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Prussia. Armistice with Great Britain, Jan. 20. Peace with Great Britain, at Treaty of Paris, Sept. 23. New York evacuated, Nov. 25.
Resignation of General Washington, Dec. 23.
1784
1785
1786
Treaty of peace ratified by Congress, Jan. 4. John Adams sent to England as first Ambassador from the United States. Cotton introduced into Georgia. Shay's rebellion in Massachusetts. Delegates assemble at Annapolis, and recommend a Convention to revise ar- ticles of Confederation.
1787 Meeting of. Convention at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding. Constitution of the United States adopt- ed, Sept. 17.
1788 Constitution ratified by all the States except Rhode Island and North Caro- Hina.
Emancipation of slaves by the Quakers of Philadelphia.
1789 First Congress meets at New York. George Washington elected first Presi- dent. of the United States.
North Carolina ratifies the Constitution. 1790 Death of Benjamin Franklin, April 17. Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution. Hamilton's financial schemes proposed. 1791 Bank of the United States established, at Philadelphia. Vermont admitted at the fourteenth State." Indians defeat St. Clair.
1792 Kentucky admitted as the fifteenth The Columbia river discovered by Cap- State. tain Grey.
Washington City chosen as the capital of the republic.
1793 Invention of the cotton gin by Whitney, resulting in the revolutionizing of the culture of cotton.
Trouble with the French Ambassador, Genet.
1794 Washington's second term as President begins.
Whisky rebellion in Pennsylvania. France recalls Genet. Jay's treaty with Great Britain. Congress ratifies Jay's treaty.
179 1796
Tennessee admitted as the sixteenth State.
1797
1798
1799 Death of Washington, at Mt. Vernon, Dec. 14.
1800 The Government removed from Phila- delphia to Washington. Treaty signed with France. General Bankruptcy Law passed.
1801 Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as President.
New York Evening Post established. War with Tripoli commenced, June 10. Death of Benedict Arnold, June 14. Ohio admitted as the seventeenth State. Port of New Orleans closed by Spain, and American vessels forbidden to pass down Mississippi river.
1803 Louisiana purchased from the French; $15,000,000 paid.
Pianos first manufactured at Boston.
1804 Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel, July 11.
Frigate "President" destroyed at Tripoli by Decatur, Feb. 4.
Fort Dearborn, present site of Chicago, built.
Lewis & Clark's expedition starts across the plains.
1805 Treaty of peace with Tripoli, Jan. 4. Ice first becomes an article of commerce. Seizure cf armed American vessels . by England.
Lewis and Clark arrive at mouth of the Columbia river.
1806 American commerce affected by blockade of French and English coasts.
1807 British vessels ordered to leave United States waters. Trouble with England respecting the rights of neutrals. Attack on the American ship "Chesa- peake," by the British ship, "Leo- pard," June 22.
Embargo on American ships declared, Dec. 22. Acquittal of Aaron Burr on charge of conspiracy.
1807 The first coast survey ordered by Con- gress. Importation of slaves forbidden by Con- gress.
Eli Terry manufactures first wooden clocks.
Fulton's first successful steamboat.
1808 Abolition of the slave trade, Jan. 1. France orders the seizure and confisca- tion of American vessels.
First printing office west of the Miss- issippi, established at St. Louis. First Bible Society founded, in Philade) phia.
1809 First woolen mills started, in New York. Embargo repealed, March 1. James Madison President.
Intercourse between France and. Eng- land forbidden.
1810 132 confiscated American vessels sold by Napoleon.
First manufacture of steel pens begun. First agricultural fair, held at George- town.
Porcelain clay discovered in Vermont. Hartford Fire Insurance Company incor- porated.
1811 Engagement between U. S. frigate "President," and British sloop, "Little Belt.""
Depredations on American vessels by France and England.
Stevens devises plan for plating vessels. First manufacture of screws by ma- chinery.
Battle of Tippecanoe; Gen. Harrison de- feats Tecumseh, Nov. 7. Reparation made by the British for the attack on the "Chesapeake." Great earthquake at New Madrid, Mo. Astor's fur company establishes post of Astoria.
Breech loading rifles invented.
1812 Embargo laid for ninety days.
Louisiana admitted into the Union. Congress levies a tax of $3,000,000. Additional force of 35,000 men authorized. Detachment of militia, not exceeding 100,000 men, authorized. War declared against Great Britain, June 12.
British orders in council revoked, June 23. Van Horne defeated, Aug. 5. Defeat of Miller, Aug. 8.
Gen. Hull invades Canada, July 12; sur- renders Mackinaw, July 17.
Hull surrenders Detroit with 2,500 men, Aug. 16. ""Alert," a British ship of war, The captured by the "Essex," Aug. 13. The "Guerriere," a , British frigate, captured by the "Constitution". ("Old Ironsides"), Capt. Hull, Aug. 19. Gen. Harrison takes command of the Northwestern army.
Queenstown attacked, unsuccessfully, by the Americans, Oct. 13.
The "Frolic," a British ship, captured by the U. S. sloop of war "Wasp." Beth vessels afterwards taken by the "Poictiers," a British 74. The "Macedonian;" a British frigate, captured by the "United States," Com- modore Decatur, Oct. 25.
The "Java," a British frigate captured by the "Constitution," Capt. Bain- bridge, Dec. 29.
1813 At the River Raisin, the British and Indians surprise and defeat Winches- ter. Most of the Americans were mas- sacred by the Indians, who were left unprotected by Gen. Proctor, July 13. The "Peacock," a British ship, captured by the "Hornet," Feb. 23.
The inauguration of James Madison as President, March 4.
Jackson. The Creek Indians subdued by Gen. The American coast blockaded by the British. Duel between Gen. Jackson and Col. Benton.
York (now Toronto) in Upper Canada, taken by the Americans, under Gen. Pike, who was killed, April 27.
The "Chesapeake" frigate taken by the British frigate "Shannon," June 1. First rolling mill at Pittsburgh.
Stereotyping first introduced into Amer- ica.
Death of Capt. Lawrence, of the "Chesa- peake."
Battle of Fort George, May 27.
British attack on Sackett's Harbor re- pulsed, May 28.
Forts Meigs and Stephenson attacked by the British and Indians. The U. S. brig "Argus" taken by the British sloop "Pelican," Aug. 14. The British brig "Boxer" captured by the U. S. brig "Enterprise," Sept. 4. The British fleet, 63 guns, on Lake Erie, captured by the American fleet, 56 guns, under Commodore Perry, Sept. 10.
Massacre of Fort Mimms, Ala., by the Indians, Aug. 30.
Battle of Williamsburg, Nov. 11. Burning of Newark, Canada, Nov. 12. Buffalo burned by the British, Dec. 13. The British capture Fort Niagara, Dec. 29.
Niagara frontier ravaged by the British, Dec. 30.
Gen. Harrison, after having crossed into Canada, defeats and disperses British army under Gen. Proctor, near the River Thames; death of Tecumseh, Oct. 5.
1814 The frigate "Essex" captured, at Val- paraiso, by two British vessels. Battle of Horse Shoe Bend, March 20. The "Epervier," a British vessel, cap- tured by the "Peacock," April 29. Oswego bombarded and taken by the British, May 6. The. "Reindeer," a British vessel, cap- tured, by the "Wasp," June 25. Fort Erie captured by the Americans under Gen. Brown, July 3.
Battle of Chippewa.
Brown defeats Drummond, July 5. Battle of Bridgewater, Lundy's Lane. Brown and Scott defeat Drummond and Rial, July 25.
The British bombard Stonington, Conn., Aug. 9.
Battle of Fort Erie, Aug. 15. Battle of Bladensburg.
British General, Ross, defeats Winder, Aug. 24. British enter Washington, and burn the public buildings.
Alexandria taken by the British, Aug. 29. The "Avon," a British vessel, captured by the "Wasp," Sept. 1.
Attack on Fort Bower (now Morgan) Ala., Sept. 5.
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