BRITISH frigate _Java_ captured by the _Constitution_, off Bahia, Brazil,--Dec. 29. 1813. BATTLE OF FRENCHTOWN, Mich.; Winchester defeated by Proctor,--Jan. 22. BRITISH brig _Peacock_ captured the _Hornet_ off the Demarara, South America,--Feb. 24. MADISON began second presidential term,--March 4. BATTLE OF YORK, Canada (now Toronto); explosion of British magazine,--April 27. FORT MEIGS besieged by 2,000 British and Indians under Proctor,--May 1. GENERAL CLAY and I,200 Kentuckians dispersed besiegers,--May 5. PBEVOST made an unsuccessful attack on Sackett's Harbor,--May 29. THE _Chesapeake_, Captain Lawrence, captured by _the Shannon_, in Massachusetts Bay,--June I. DEFENCE OF FORT STEPHENSON (now Lower Sandusky, O.) by Major Crogan,--Aug. 3. AMERICAN brig _Argus_ captured by the _Pelican_, in the English Channel,--Aug. 14. THE CREEK WAR; Massacre of Fort Mimms, Ala.,--Aug. 30. BRITISH brig _Boxer_ captured by the _Enterprise_, off Maine,--Sept. 5. PERRY'S victory at west end of Lake Erie,--Sept. 10. BATTLE OF THE THAMES, or Moravian town, Canada; Tecumseh killed,--Oct. 5. BATTLE OF TALLADEGA, Ala.; Jackson defeated the Creeks,--Nov. 9. BATTLE OF CHRYSLER'S FIELD, Canada; British repulsed,--Nov. 11. PORTER made a successful cruise in the Pacific with the _Essex_. 1814. BATTLE OF TOHOPEKA, or Horse-Shoe Bend, Ala.; last of the Creek War,--March 27. AMERICAN frigate _Essex_ captured off Chile,--March 28. WILKINSON repulsed at La Colle Mill, Canada,--March 30. _Peacock_ captured British brig _Epervier_, off Florida,--April 29. _Wasp_ captured British sloop _Reindeer_, near English Channel,--June 18. GENERALS SCOTT AND RIPLEY captured Fort Erie,--July 3. BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA, Canada; Scott defeated Riall,--July 5. BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE, Canada, the most obstinate of the war,--July 25. FIRST BATTLE of Fort Erie, Drummond repulsed,--Aug. 15. Ross dispersed Americans at Bladensburg, Md.,--Aug. 24. WASHINGTON D. C., captured; public buildings burned,--Aug. 24. BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN; American victory, Sept. 11. BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG, N. Y.; Prevost, British, defeated by McComb,--Sept. 11. Ross defeated Americans at North Point, Md.; death of Ross,--Sept. 12. BROOKS' unsuccessful bombardment of Fort McHenry, Md.,--Sept. 13. BRITISH bombarded Fort Boyer, Mobile Bay, without success,--Sept. 15. SECOND BATTLE of Fort Erie; Brown dispersed besiegers,--Sept. 17. JACKSON drove British from Pensacola, Fla.,--Nov. 7. AMERICAN flotilla surrendered to the British, at Lake Borgne, La.,--Dec. 14. CONVENTION at Hartford, Conn., opposed to the war,--Dec. 15. BATTLE nine miles from New Orleans; Jackson retired to intrenchments,--Dec. 23. TREATY OF GHENT, Belgium (peace), signed,--Dec. 24. 1815. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, fourteen days after treaty of peace,--Jan. 8. BRITISH squadron captured the frigate _President_, off New Jersey,--Jan. 15.