January 11 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21) January 14 Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in U.S. (NY) January 21 Pineapple introduced to Hawaii January 22 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada February 23 1st U.S. raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts February 27 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted February 27 Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail March 3 Office of surgeon general of the U.S. Army forms March 8 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic March 18 David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas March 25 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex April 27 Americans under General Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed April 29 Rubber is patented May 27 Americans capture Ft. George, Canada June 1 Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" June 6 U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek June 24 Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces July 31 British invade Plattsburgh, New York August 14 British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus August 23 Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French August 27 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians September 4 1st U.S. relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer)) September 7 "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York) September 10 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie October 5 Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British October 8 Treaty of Ried between Bayern and Austria October 16 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) October 20 German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished November 2 Treaty of Fulda November 3 U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala November 6 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain November 11 Dresden surrenders to allied armies November 12 Allied troops occupy Zwolle, Netherlands November 15 Allied troops occupies Groningen November 15 Tax revolt in Amsterdam November 21 Stettin surrenders to allied armies November 28 Kosacks occupy Utrecht November 29 Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance November 30 Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands December 2 Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy December 5 Lubeck surrenders to allied armies December 8 Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres December 18 British take Ft. Niagara in War of 1812 December 26 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies December 29 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 December 30 Danzig surrenders to allied armies
