1815 in the United States

1815 in the United States
Decades:	1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s
Years:	1812 1813 1814 – 1815 – 1816 1817 1818
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Events from the year 1815 in the United States. As news slowly spread of the Treaty of Ghent (1814) ending the War of 1812, battles between American and British forces continued in the early months of the year.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Undated 2.2 Ongoing 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Further reading 6 External links

Incumbents

• President: James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
• Vice President: vacant
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Langdon Cheves (Dem.-Rep.-South Carolina) (until March 4), Henry Clay (Dem.-Rep.-Kentucky) (starting December 4)
• Congress: 13th (until March 4), 14th (starting March 4)

Events

• January 8 – War of 1812 – Battle of New Orleans: American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat an invading British force.
• February – The Hartford Convention arrives in Washington, DC.
• February 6 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens.
• February 7–12 – War of 1812 – Second Battle of Fort Bowyer: British forces capture Fort Bowyer near Mobile, Alabama in what would be the last land battle between the Americans and British in the War of 1812. The British halt their advance two days later when informed of the Treaty of Ghent.
• February 15 – War of 1812 – The United States Senate ratifies the Treaty of Ghent.
• September 23 – The Great September Gale of 1815 is the first hurricane to strike New England in 180 years.

Undated

• The second wave of Amish immigration to North America begins.

Ongoing

• War of 1812 (1812–1815)

Births

Deaths

Further reading

• Estimates of the Value of Slaves, 1815. The American Historical Review, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Jul., 1914), pp. 813–838
• The Embassy to Washington, 1815. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 48, (Oct., 1914 - Jun., 1915),
• Charles W. Elliott. Some Unpublished Letters of a Roving Soldier-Diplomat: General Winfield Scott's Reports to Secretary of State James Monroe, on conditions in France and England in 1815-1816. The Journal of the American Military History Foundation, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Winter, 1937–1938), pp. 165–173
• William Bell Wait. Richardson's 'O. K.' of 1815. American Speech, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr., 1941), pp. 85–86+136
• Harold W. Ryan, George Izard. Diary of a Journey by George Izard, 1815-1816. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Apr., 1952), pp. 67–76
• Orville W. Carroll. Mr. Smart's Circular Saw Mill c. 1815. Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1973), pp. 58–64
• John Swauger. Pittsburgh's Residential Pattern in 1815. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Jun., 1978), pp. 265–277
• Lilian Handlin. Harvard and Göttingen, 1815. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 95, (1983), pp. 67–87
• Charles E. Kinzer. The Band of Music of the First Battalion of Free Men of Color and the Siege of New Orleans, 1814-1815. American Music, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 348–369

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