August1812

August 1812 in History

Events in History

Aug 1 Rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY

Event of Interest

Aug 5 War of 1812: Tecumseh's Native American force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat

Tecumseh — Native American Leader of the Shawnee Tecumseh

Aug 12 Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
Aug 16 General Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to British forces under the command of Major General Sir Isaac Brock, who capture Fort Detroit with the help of Indigenous warriors led by Tecumseh
Aug 19 US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere
Aug 22 Swiss traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt is the 1st European to rediscover the Nabataean city of Petra (modern Jordan)

Birthdays in History

Aug 8 John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1882)
Aug 25 Percival Drayton, American captain (Union Navy), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1865)

Deaths in History

Aug 1 Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)

Historical Figures

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