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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.
JACKSON drove British from Pensacola, Fla.,--Nov. 7.
AMERICAN flotilla surrendered to the British, at Lake Borgne,
La.,--Dec. 14.
CONVENTION at Hartford, Conn., opposed to the war,--Dec. 15.
BATTLE nine miles from New Orleans; Jackson retired to
intrenchments,--Dec. 23.
TREATY OF GHENT, Belgium (peace), signed,--Dec. 24.
1815. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, fourteen days after treaty of
peace,--Jan. 8.
BRITISH squadron captured the frigate _President_, off New
Jersey,--Jan. 15.
BRITISH _Cyane_ and _Levant_ captured by _Constitution_,
off Madeira Islands,--Feb. 20.
WAR against Algiers declared by Congress,--March 3.
_Hornet_ captured British brig _Penguin_, off
Brazil,--March 23.
1816. BANK OF UNITED STATES re-chartered for twenty years;
capital, $35,000,000,--April 10.
INDIANA admitted into the Union,--Dec. 11.
1817. ALABAMA TERRITORY formed,--March 3.
JAMES MONROE inaugurated president; "era of good feeling,"--March 4.
SEMINOLES and Creeks began depredations in Georgia and Alabama.
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