CHRONOLOGY.
PERIOD X.--AGE OF LIBERTY ESTABLISHED.
A.D. 1800 TO A.D. 1824.
18OO. INDIANA TERRITORY formed,--July 4.
LOUISIANA ceded to France by Spain by secret treaty,--Oct. 1.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT removed to Washington, D.C.; Congress met,--Nov. 17.
1801. THOMAS JEFFERSON inaugurated president,--March 4.
MILITARY ACADEMY established at West Point, N.Y.,--March 10.
TRIPOLI declared war against the United States,--June 10.
1802. GEORGIA'S cession of territory to General
Government,--April 24.
OHIO admitted to the Union,--Nov. 22.
1803. LOUISIANA ceded to the United States by France for
80,000,000 francs,--April 30. (By this cession the United States
claimed to the present western boundary of Florida.)
1804. The Philadelphia destroyed by Decatur at
Tripoli,--Feb. 16.
DUEL between Hamilton and Burr, at Hoboken, N.J.,--July 11.
TWELFTH AMENDMENT to the Constitution declared in force,--Sept. 25.
ORLEANS TERRITORY formed,--Oct. I.
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA formed, same as Louisiana cession, less Orleans
Territory,--Oct. I.
1805. LOUISIANA TERRITORY formed,--March 3.
JEFFERSON'S second presidential term began,--March 4.
TREATY OF PEACE concluded with Tripoli,--June 4.
MICHIGAN TERRITORY formed,--June 30.
1806. BONAPARTE'S Berlin Decree,--Nov. 21.
1807. BRITISH "ORDERS IN COUNCIL" requiring goods to land in
Great Britain,--Jan. 7.
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. 9.
BRITISH sloop Alert taken by the Essex, off
Newfoundland,--Aug. 13.
HULL surrendered Detroit,--Aug. 16.
THE Guerriere, British frigate, captured by the
Constitution, off Massachusetts,--Aug. 19.
BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWN, Canada; Van Rensselaer wounded, Brock
killed,--Oct. 13.
BATTLE OF LEWISTON, N. Y.; Cowardly conduct of American
militia,--Oct. 13.
BRITISH ship Poictiers captured the Frolic and Wasp,
off North Carolina,--Oct. 18.
BRITISH ship Macedonia captured by United States, off
Canary Islands,--Oct. 25.
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.
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.
MISSISSIPPI admitted into the Union,--Dec. 10.
1818. JACKSON seized Spanish forts in Florida.
JOINT occupation of Oregon by United States and Great Britain
agreed upon.
PENSACOLA, Fla., seized by Jackson; Spanish officials sent to
Cuba,--May 25.
ILLINOIS admitted into the Union,--Dec. 8.
1819. FLORIDA ceded to the United States by Spain,--Feb. 22.
ARKANSAS TERRITORY formed,---July 4.
ALABAMA admitted into the Union,--Dec. 14.
1820. ACCESSION of George IV. to throne of Great
Britain,--Jan. 29.
MISSOURI COMPROMISE ACT passed,--March 3.
MAINE admitted into the Union,--March 15.
1821. MEXICO became independent of Spain,--Feb. 24.
MONROE began second presidential term,--March 5.
MISSOURI admitted into the Union,--Aug. 10.
1823. FLORIDA TERRITORY formed,--March 3.
"MONROE DOCTRINE" enunciated in the annual message,--Dec. 2.
1824. LAFAYETTE visited the United States.--Aug. 15.