War of 1812

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The British burn Washington; Baltimore holds

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The United States declared war on Britain over the impressment of its sailors and trade restrictions and tried, without success, to conquer Canada. In August 1814 British troops burned the Capitol and the White House, the defence of Baltimore inspired 'The Star-Spangled Banner', and the Treaty of Ghent restored the pre-war borders.

State: United States of America

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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)

Europe

1789 Storming of the Bastille — 23 years earlier
1796 Jenner's first vaccination — 16 years earlier
1804 Coronation of Napoleon — 8 years earlier
1813 Battle of Leipzig — 1 year later
1814–1815 Congress of Vienna — 2 years later

Eastern Europe & Russia

1807 Treaties of Tilsit — 5 years earlier
1812 Napoleon's invasion of Russia — same year
1812 Battle of Borodino — same year

Middle East

1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay — 16 years later

Africa

1798 Battle of the Pyramids — 14 years earlier
1804–1903 Usman dan Fodio's jihad and the Sokoto Caliphate — 8 years earlier
1805–1848 Muhammad Ali becomes ruler of Egypt — 7 years earlier
1830 France invades Algiers — 18 years later
c. 1835–1846 The Great Trek — 23 years later

Asia

1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora — 3 years later
1817–1824 First cholera pandemic — 5 years later
1819 Raffles founds modern Singapore — 7 years later
c. 1831 Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa — 19 years later

Oceania

1788 First Fleet arrives in Australia — 24 years earlier

Alive at the time