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• March 3 - The Governor refuses to suspend Chief Justices Sewell and Monk, on suggestion of one branch of the Legislature. James Stuart moves, affirming the Assembly's right to inform the Governor of irregularities, without concurrence of the Council; and that the Governor has violated the Constitution.
• March 7 - The Assembly votes confidence in the Governor, apart from his advisors.
• March 8 - The council sustain their Clerk's refusal to show their minutes to a Committee of the Assembly.
• March 9 - The Assembly vote 2,000 pounds, for impeachment of Chief Justices Sewell and Monk. The Council will not pass the item.
• March 17 - The Assembly resolve that the Council's disallowance of a money bill is contrary to English and Canadian usage.
• May 6 - The British, under Drummond, burn the fort at Oswego.
• May 25 - Louis-Joseph Papineau is unanimously elected speaker.
• July 5 - Battle of Chippewa .
• July 25 - The United States lose about 1,000 of 3,000 at the Battle of Lundy's Lane.
• AugustSee August (album) for the album by Eric Clapton. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The month reputedly has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's Ju - 4,000 of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( 1 May 1769 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. He came from an established family of noblemen his's veterans have reached Canada.
• August 1Some entries on this page have been duplicates from June 28. The correct dates for such events need to be determined. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. Events 527 Justinian I to November 5November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1556 Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India. 1605 - The Siege of Fort Erie .
• August 11August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 142 days remaining. Events 3114 BC beginning of our current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar 480 BC Persians under Xerxes defeat Spartans under King Leoni - Battle of Lake Champlain.
• August 14August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. Events 1040 Assassination of King Duncan of Scotland by Macbeth. 1385 1383-1385 Crisis: Castilians are defeated by Portuguese at the Battle of - At Fort Erie, the British lose many lives, by the explosion of a magazine.
• AugustSee August (album) for the album by Eric Clapton. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The month reputedly has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar's Ju - General Ross takes Washington, D.C.
• August 25 - The sea-board of the U.S. is blockaded by ships released from European service.
• August - At New Orleans, sharp-shooters, behind cotton bales, repulse the British.
• August - Envoys consider terms of peace, at Ghent.
• September 12 - An expedition of 11,000 under Governor George Prevost, supplied to winter at Plattsburg, N.Y., seeing its fleet dispersed and the enemy gathering, retreats, abandoning stores. In 1813, Wellington desired that Prevost should not abandon his policy of defence for petty advantages, to be gained by invasion, which he could not possibly maintain.
• October - Martin Chittenden, Governor of Vermont, regards the war "as unnecessary, unwise and hopeless, in all its offensive operations."
• December 22 - Treaty of Commerce, between the U.S. and Great Britain, signed at Ghent.
• December 24 - Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812.
• December 27 - Then Prince Regent George IV ratifies both treaties. One relates to boundaries and the slave trade.
• David Thompson delivers his map of western North America to partners of North West Company.
• Canadian Army bills, 1,500,000 pounds.
• Chief Justice Sewell, while in England, to defend himself, advises uniting the Canadas with one Parliament.
• The Assembly re-proposes representation in London. The Council objects. The Home Government declares that the Governor is the constitutional medium of communication between the Colony and the Imperial Government.