DECEMBER 30, 1813
British troops burned Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812.
They also burned the nearby and competing village of Black Rock.
This was partially in retaliation for the American burnings of York (then capital of the British Upper Canada colony and now the city of Toronto) and the village of Newark earlier in the year.
Of course, this was 8 months before Washington, D.C. was burned by the British, also in retaliation for the American burnings.
Mean, mean War. --Brock-Perry
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