1815. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, fourteen days after treaty of peace,--Jan. 8.
BRITISH squadron captured the frigate President, off New Jersey,--Jan. 15.
BRITISH Cyane and Levant captured by Constitution, off Madeira Islands,--Feb. 20.
WAR against Algiers declared by Congress,--March 3.
Hornet captured British brig Penguin, off Brazil,--March 23.
1816. BANK OF UNITED STATES re-chartered for twenty years; capital, $35,000,000,--April 10.
INDIANA admitted into the Union,--Dec. 11.
1817. ALABAMA TERRITORY formed,--March 3.
JAMES MONROE inaugurated president; "era of good feeling,"--March 4.
SEMINOLES and Creeks began depredations in Georgia and Alabama.