October 25, Captain Decatur in the United States took the Macedonian.
December 29, the Constitution captures the Java.
1813.—February 24, the American Hornet captures the Peacock.
June 1, the Chesapeake is captured by the British Shannon.
September 10, Commodore Perry with a fleet of nine vessels destroys the British squadron of six vessels on Lake Erie.
1814.—September 3, naval attack on Fort McHenry by the British fails.
September 11, Captain Macdonough, on Lake Champlain, completely defeated a British fleet stronger than his own; this checked a serious invasion of the enemy.
Treaty and Results of the War
December 24, 1814, a treaty of peace was made at Ghent, the end of the Napoleonic wars having removed the cause for England’s offensive policy at sea.
The provisions included: