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 1812 in science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The year 1812 CE in science and technology See also: 1811 in science, other events of 1812, 1813 in science and the list of years in science.
The General Armstrong and the War of 1812 Describes the attack on a privateer during the War of 1812 that delayed the arrival of the British Fleet at New Orleans, thus changing the outcome of the battle.
The War of 1812 in the Western District A history of the opening events of the War of 1812 written from a Canadian educational perspective.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-1812_in_science.html   (533 words)

  
 Ft. Mims Massacre, Baldwin County, Alabama 1813   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The conditions and events that led up to the Creek Indian War, which resulted in the Fort Mims massacre on August 30, 1813, began before the start of the War of 1812.
On August 13, 1813, about 50 of Beasley’s men at Fort Mims were sent to Mount Vernon, a cantonment on the Mobile River a few miles west of the fort.
Other militiamen set-up a hasty defense behind the inner wall and among the fort’s buildings.
www.canerossi.us /ftmims/massacre.htm   (3456 words)

  
 Africans in America/Part 3/Benjamin Rush
At the request of Anthony Bezenet, a white Quaker reformer and staunch ally of the fl community, Rush wrote a pamphlet entitled "An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon Slave-Keeping," which was a scathing attack not just on the slave trade, but on the entire institution of slavery.
Rush, Benezet, and others like them saw the need for a large spectrum of social reforms, from the treatment of prisoners to temperance to abolition.
Rush died in 1813, just as his former pupil, Charles Caldwell, was gaining national recognition for his theories on innate racial differences and the inferiority of Africans and their descendents -- a position that Rush had spent much of his life attempting to disprove.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part3/3p458.html   (440 words)

  
 1813 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1810 1811 1812 - 1813 - 1814 1815 1816
1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar).
October 24-November 5 - Persia and Russia sign the Gulistan Treaty of 1813 at the end of the first Russo-Persian Wars (1804-1813) by which Persia (Iran) loses all its territories to the north of Aras River to the Russians.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1813   (808 words)

  
 Events
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Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores by USS Margaret and other converted yachts, Nov.-Dec. 1917
Other Events will be added as the Online Library is developed.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/events.htm   (468 words)

  
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On his return, he, like others, had found his golden hopes deceived, and it is from this period that we find his journal assuming the tone of mysticism and sadness which our readers must have remarked in it.
It was amid the events that began thus that Sand, after commending himself to the protection of God, began the year 1817, in the sad mood in which we have just seen him, and in which he was kept rather by a disgust for things as they were than by a disgust for life.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext01/ksand11.txt   (15468 words)

  
 War of 1812 at Sea -- HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813
Over the next several weeks she was refitted and received a new Commanding Officer, the recently promoted Captain James Lawrence.
Though the ship was a good one, with a well-seasoned Captain, time would be necessary to work her men into a capable and disciplined combat team.
Blockading off Boston was HMS Shannon, commanded for the past seven years by Captain Philip Broke, whose attention to gunnery practice and other elements of combat readiness was extraordinary.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/war1812/atsea/ches-sn.htm   (1398 words)

  
 Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion: Events
Events in 2003 included a tea and fashion show recreating fashions of the 19th century, held at BREC's Magnolia Mound Plantation, and a gala reception and grand ball set in 1803, held at Louisiana's Old State Capitol in downtown Baton Rouge.
A free educational event held in September on the banks of the Saginaw River, it showcases a timeline of eras in the history of North America, Michigan, and Bay County.
Built in 1813 by William Henry Harrison (shown at left) to defend the Ohio Country against British invasion, Fort Meigs is the largest wooden walled fortification in North America, rebuilt on its original location in a wooded park in Perrysburg.
www.songsmyth.com /events.html   (5483 words)

  
 Overactive Bladder Clinic: The Facts of Life and Vaginal Tightening
Others are doing it to gain greater self-confidence before dating anew after divorce.
Still others want a piece of that elusive fountain of youth and are willing to put themselves under the knife or laser -- and pay out of their own pockets -- to get it.
He points out that Viagra and other drugs represent only the beginning of a shift away from treatments exclusively for disease toward those designed to enhance well-being, vitality, and yes, even sex.
www.webmd.com /content/pages/4/1813_50204   (1080 words)

  
 Anatomy of an Ax Murder
And not far from the Hontvet's were the graves of a 14 Spanish sailors who had been discovered shipwrecked and dead outside Samuel Haley's Smuttynose home in 1813.
Two years later Celia Thaxter wrote a melodramatic, but powerfully detailed summary of events in Atlantic Monthly called "A Memorable Murder." Still, everything we know of the slaughter from that night comes through Maren's testimony and evidence gathered at the crime scene.
Though critics have questioned her eye witness account, It was Maren who identified the killer as Louis Wagner, a Prussian fisherman who had lived with the six Norwegian immigrants on Smuttynose the summer before.
www.seacoastnh.com /smuttynose/history.html   (2839 words)

  
 Herschel
Other trips abroad by Herschel included one in 1822 and another with Babbage in 1824.
He recognised that the comet was being subjected to major forces other than gravitation and he was able to calculate that the force was one repelling it from the sun.
The events which prevented him from working on his observations after his return were partly non-scientific such as his investment to a baronetcy in June 1838 which he accepted with considerable reluctance.
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Mathematicians/Herschel.html   (2680 words)

  
 Events
Then in 1805 pews were sold in order to raise the salary of $325 for Rev. Croes’ as it can be read in the list of pew rents from April 28, 1805.
The first time was in 1803, the destruction of the steeple by lighting and fire was graphically described in a letter written by Bishop Croes to his daughter Hetty.
After the lighting some reparations were made to the steeple asking the assistance of “the benevolent and liberal of other congregations”.
www.scils.rutgers.edu /~lesk/church/nmedinao/events.htm   (691 words)

  
 Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library: Alamo History
[ 1716 - 1813 ] - [1817 - 1835 ] [ 1836 - 1885 ] [ 1886 - 1912 ] [ 1912 - 2004 ]
The Alamo is widely recognized as a symbol of heroic courage in the struggle against oppression.
Las Casas and other leaders of the insurrection are tried and executed.
www.drtl.org /History/index.asp   (725 words)

  
 Mexico's Drive to Independence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1813, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in Spain, and forced to release Ferdinand from prison.
As a warning to other revolutionaries, Father Miguel Hidalgo, Ignatio Allende, and two others of Hidalgo's trusted lieutenants, had their head cut off and placed on stakes outside the walls of Guantanano at the site of their original massacre.
In 1813, Morelos travelled to Apatzingan to meet with the revolutionary congress, and was a signer of the new constitution produced by this congress.
members.aol.com /MrDonnUnits/ColonialMexico.html   (3578 words)

  
 Flora of North America, Chapter 7: Taxonomic Botany and Floristics
They also became focal points where others, outside Europe, could send contributions in the form of specimens or objects of curiosity that were housed and maintained by the membership, or as manuscripts and letters reporting on observations.
Others, such as Alexander Garden (1730-1791), became famous, although he waited a long time before hearing that some of his new plants would be given names.
The feelings of others to the contrary, Gray did not discourage others from publishing their results; he simply felt that editors should not needlessly let new synonymy be created.
www.life.umd.edu /emeritus/reveal/pbio/usda/fnach7.html   (16414 words)

  
 Historic Elk Landing - Defenders Day 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The events of the day included the raising of the hand-sewn Elk Landing Flag, donated by Debbie and Gary Storke.
Other events included Colonial story telling, Fife and Drum presentations, a strolling violinist, a War of 1812 encampment, Heritage Troup Performances with the Royal Marines, tours of the grounds and buildings at Elk Landing and refreshments.
Elkton was thus spared from the burning which was the fate of other nearby towns.
www.elklanding.org /defendweb/defend.html   (334 words)

  
 Lossing's Field Book of the War of 1812, Chapter XXVIII - Events at Sackett's Harbor and on the Niagara Frontier in ...
Forgetful of their promises of courage, and unmindful of the orders they had received to rally in the woods in the event of their being driven back, they continued their flight until they were sure of being out of harm’s way.
During the summer and autumn of 1813 several expeditions were fitted out there, which we shall hereafter consider, and labor was vigorously applied by the troops stationed there in the autumn, and by the sailors in the winter, in strongly fortifying the post.
One of the sureties and two or three others proceeded to the residence of Whittlesey, which stood near the bank of the river, forcibly entered the house, and there, between beds and quilted in a garment, most of the money was found.
freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~wcarr1/Lossing2/Chap28.html   (18206 words)

  
 M. M. Noah's Ararat: Blueprint for Mormon Zion: Part 2a
In 1813, when he was but twenty-eight years old, Major Noah was appointewd by our government Consul at Tunis, with apecial [reference] to the redemption of American captives [there] held and the conclusion of a commercial treaty with the Bey.
My impression is, that I have seen in some other work that eleven thousand dollars was the consideration; and for the other small islands, Spafford states that the consideration was one thousand dollars and an annuity of five hundred dollars.
In proper season, ducks and other game birds thronged the shores, and inland fields and woods, while the waters surrounding the island were the habitation of the finest muskellunge, yellow pike, sturgeon, fl bass, pickerel, mullet and smaller members of the finny tribe.
olivercowdery.com /gathering/ararat2b.htm   (15390 words)

  
 Discover Ohio Travel Club
Other topics explore how historians and archaeologists came to understand the events of 1813 and how soldiers and their families remembered this difficult time.
The displays also feature important artifact collections, including War of 1812 swords, military coats, an 1813 powder horn engraved with a Fort Meigs map and campaign memorabilia related to William Henry Harrison, commander of the fort and 9th U.S. president.
General William Henry Harrison built Fort Meigs in 1813 as a staging area for an invasion of Canada.
www.discoverohio.com /newsletter/story.asp?f=e&i=20&s=52   (336 words)

  
 Sackets Harbor History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Barracks were also built for the thousands of soldiers, sailors, and mechanics that soon arrived to provide the manpower for the invasion and conquest of Canada.
The 1913 Centennial Park portion of the battlefield was recognized as early as 1866 as a special plot of land to be set aside to honor all the military personnel who had fought and died in the War of 1812.
In 1878 the land was called the Old Battle Ground and was used for patriotic meetings, political rallies, church picnics and other events.
www.1000islands.com /sacketsharbor/sackbat.htm   (646 words)

  
 Multi-Event Walking Festivals
The events listed are traditionally annual ones with multiple events, and most of the time, opportunities for socializing with fellow walkers.
This is a fantastic walking convention with many events, motivational speakers, vendor and exhibit fair, great socials and a wonderful group of avid walkers having fun together for a week.
Hints: There are Year Round events in Mackinaw City, St. Ignace and Mackinaw Island (which has been on the top 10 YRE list for at least the past 3 years) which could make it a multi-event weekend.
www.ava.org /multievent.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Chronology: Harriet Ann Jacobs: Writer and Activist, 1813 - 1897   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1441   1802   1813   1820   1831   1840   1850   1860   1870   1880  
She proposes that Southern women who remain inactive are participating in the enslavement of women, thus becoming enslavers of their own gender and destroying the "domestic sphere" of other women.
1441   1802   1813   1820   1831   1842   1850   1860   1870   1880  
www.drizzle.com /~tmercer/Jacobs/chron.shtml   (1961 words)

  
 Spokane House
The post was also located on a traditional meeting ground of the Spokane area Native American tribes, making it an excellent spot in which to trade for furs.
On June 13, 1813, the three leaders of the Astor Company sold their fort and goods, at great financial loss, to the North west Company.
Subsequent excavations revealed sections of other walls with the result that two rectangular areas were located, one within the other.
www.riversidestatepark.org /spokane_house.htm   (968 words)

  
 France During the French Revolution and Under Napoleon Bonaparte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The event causes "an awful pause and death-like silence for about three minutes." The battle continues until 10:00, when a lull is caused by exhaustion.
At Montingny, half the mules are loaded with victuals and munitions, and the other half attached to gun carriages whose cannon have been removed.
The cannon are enveloped in hollow tree trunks, and are dragged across the ice and snow by French soldiers, since there are not enough mules for the task and the peasants refused to undertake the arduous work.
www.txdirect.net /users/rrichard/napoleo1.htm   (4645 words)

  
 "Best in Show" - Warner Grand Theatre
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show.
The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
It was one of three similar theaters constructed in suburbs of Los Angeles by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Studio (the other two were built in Beverly Hills and Huntington Park.) The 1400-seat Warner Grand is the only one of these three theaters left intact.
www.goldstarevents.com /events/event/1813.html   (681 words)

  
 Erie County Historical Society - Where History Begins
Assist in preparing public relation materials for exhibits, programs and other special events sponsored by the ECHS, as well as searching for new organizations through which to publicize these events; utilize Photoshop and Pagemaker programs to create posters, flyers and other promotional materials related to exhibits, programs and other special events.
Development of new programs and events related to the institutional mission in coordination with other departments including education, planetarium, archives, and curatorial; management (planning, implementing, and evaluating) and integration of all departments in the presentation of thematic programming and special events and projects; organization of ancillary functions supportive of programming objectives; fiscal analysis of programming.
Development of new planetarium programs, prepare and conduct planetarium shows, development of special events and programs, maintenance and development of “hands-on” displays and exhibits, act as consultant for local schools and universities and the general public.
www.eriecountyhistory.org /GlobalPages/Internship.html   (541 words)

  
 war and social upheaval: the Napoleonic Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Revolution was opposed by the other counties of Europe--all monarchies.
In 1813, however, Maximilian contrived to change sides opportunely, and thus managed to have confirmed to him, by the treaties of 1814-15, an extent of territory nearly as valuable as the possessions which he had gained as an ally of Napoleon, and which he had now to restoreto Austria.
Napoleon was concerned that other countries would follow suit which, in combination with the Royal Navy, would mean that France could be isolated and straggled economically.
www.histclo.hispeed.com /essay/war/war-ne.html   (3671 words)

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