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THE _Chesapeake_ attacked by the _Leopard_ off the coast of
Virginia,--June _22_.
AARON BURR tried for treason, at Richmond, Va.; acquitted,--Sept. 1.
FULTON successfully applied steam navigation on the Hudson,--Sept. 14.
BRITISH "ORDERS IN COUNCIL" prohibited trade with France and
allies,--Nov. 17.
BONAPARTE'S Milan decree prohibited trade with English
colonies,--Dec. 17.
1808. BONAPARTE'S Bayonne decree ordered seizure of United States
vessels,--April 17.
1809. NON-INTERCOURSE ACT, prohibiting trade with Great Britain
and France, passed,--Feb. 27.
ILLINOIS TERRITORY formed,--March 1.
JAMES MADISON inaugurated president,--March 4.
1810. BONAPARTE'S Ramboulliet decree; 132 American vessels seized
and sold,--March 23.
1811. GEORGE, Prince of Wales, appointed regent of Great
Britain,--Feb. 3.
BATTLE between the _President_ and _Little Belt_, off
Virginia,--May 16.
BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE, Ind.; Harrison defeats Indians,--Nov. 7.
1812. LOUISIANA admitted into the Union,--April 30.
WAR with Great Britain proclaimed by the United States,--June 19.
HULL'S EXPEDITION against Fort Maiden, Canada,--July.
FORT MACKINAW captured by British and Indians,--July 17.
FIRST BATTLE of Brownstown, Mich.; British defeated Van Horn,--Aug. 5.
SECOND BATTLE of Brownstown, or Manaugua; American victory,--Aug.
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