Capture of York in the War of 1812

Date: April 27, 1813 • Location: East York, Canada

War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.

The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. The United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on 17 February 1815.