Events from the year 1815 in the United States. As news slowly spread of the Treaty of Ghent (1814) ending the War of 1812, battles between American and British forces continued in the early months of the year.
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Richard Hickman (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: William Phillips, Jr. (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of New York: DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican) (until month and day unknown), John Tayler (Democratic-Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
January 8 – War of 1812 – Battle of New Orleans: American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat an invading British force.
February – The Hartford Convention arrives in Washington, DC.
February 6 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens.
February 7–12 – War of 1812 – Second Battle of Fort Bowyer: British forces capture Fort Bowyer near Mobile, Alabama in what will be the last land battle between the Americans and British in the War of 1812. The British halt their advance two days later when informed of the Treaty of Ghent.
February 15 – War of 1812 – The United States Senate ratifies the Treaty of Ghent.
February 17 – War of 1812 ends.
September 23 – The Great September Gale of 1815 is the first hurricane to strike New England in 180 years.
December 25 – The Handel and Haydn Society, the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the U.S., gives its first performance, at the King's Chapel in Boston.[1]
Undated[]
The second wave of Amish immigration to North America begins.
Ongoing[]
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Births[]
January 10 – John J. McRae, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1851 to 1852 (died 1868)
January 16
Lemuel J. Bowden, U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1863 to 1864 (died 1864)
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