1812
Siege of Toronto
The attack of Detroit & Washington DC is in retaliation for a US invasion of York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario), in which US forces twice occupy the city, burning the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Toronto in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The attack of Detroit & Washington DC is in retaliation for a US invasion of York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario), in which US forces twice occupy the city, burning the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada
Provenance
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