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| Battle of New Orleans Pakenham, Edward | |
| 8th Jan New Orleans Attacks Jackson's base but 2,000 British troops & Pakenham are killed |
| 8th Jan New Orleans Fought 2 weeks after the treaty of Ghent had ended the war |
| Battle of New Orleans Jackson, Andrew | |
| 8th Jan New Orleans Defeats the British forces led by Pakenham, the Duke of Wellington's brother-in-law |
| 8th Jan New Orleans Inflicts 2,000 British casualties & kills their commander during a British attack |
| Birth of Wells, Horace Wells, Horace | |
| 22nd Jan Hartford Birth of Horace Wells , discoverer of "laughing gas" |
| Siege of Algiers Decatur, Stephen | |
| 3rd Mar Algiers Enters Algiers harbour & forces the release of American prisoners |
| 30th June Algiers Sails away from Algiers after receiving assurances that piracy will end |
| Siege of New Orleans Pakenham, Edward | |
| 8th Jan New Orleans Attacks Jackson's base but 2,000 British troops & Pakenham are killed |
| Siege of New Orleans Jackson, Andrew | |
| 8th Jan New Orleans Defeats the British forces led by Pakenham, the Duke of Wellington's brother-in-law |