Burning of Washington

Today in History 08/24 (Treaty of St. Louis)

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Makataimeshekiakiak, or Black Hawk, a chief of the Sauk tribe, who resisted the treaty and was the last to sign it. (© MPI/Getty Images)(1816) US and Native American tribes sign treaty
The Council of Three Fires, an alliance of Native American tribes, signs a treaty with the United States. It will be one of 14 treaties signed in the St. Louis area . The tribes relinquish all rights to land that was previously ceded to the United States in 1804 and give up an additional 20-mile strip of land to the US.
The Treaty of St. Louis is the name of a series of treaties signed between the United States and various Native American tribes from 1804 through 1824. The fourteen treaties were all signed in the St. Louis, Missouri area.
Map showing lands ceded in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis in yellow
The land ceded to the United States in the 1804 treaty is shown here in yellow.
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(1816) US and Native American tribes sign treaty.
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Engraving depicting the destruction of Washington, DC, by British forces on Aug 24, 1814 (© Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-44919)(1814) British set the White House and US Capitol ablaze
President James Madison and First Lady Dolley Madison flee Washington, DC, just ahead of a British commander bent on destruction. After dining at a deserted White House, Major General Robert Ross' soldiers set fire to the Presidential Mansion, the Capitol, and other public buildings.
The Burning of Washington was a British attack against Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross occupied Washington and set fire to many public buildings, including the White House, and the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the U.S. government. The attack was in part a retaliation for the recent American destruction of Port Dover in Upper Canada. It marks the only time in U.S. history that Washington, D.C. has been occupied by a foreign force.
Date: Aug 24, 1814

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