Most of these timeline entries come from the historicplaces.ca timeline site.
PEACE NEGOTIAIONS BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND BRITISH BEGIN IN GHENT. BELGIUM.
Early in 1813, Russian emperor Alexander I offered to mediate peace negotiations between Britain and the United States. Refusing any third party involvement, England proposed instead direct discussions with the American government at a neutral European location.
Finally meeting at Ghent in August 1814, American commissioners sought to negotiate matters like sailors' rights and blockades as well as acquisition of the Canadian provinces.
British delegates proposed terms for retaining occupied American territory, creation of a First Nations state in the Great Lakes region to act as a buffer between British and American territories, and naval disarmament of the Great Lakes.
Although both parties' initial terms were mutually rejected at this opening session, a consensus was reached in December 1814 with the Treaty of Ghent.
At Last, An End in Sight. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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