French Trafalgar, British Waterloo (Timeline: 1805-1831)

POD 1805

 * October 21 - Admiral Nelson's British Fleet is defeated in the Battle of Trafalgar by the combined French and Spanish Fleet. Great Britain sues for peace. Treaty of Copenhagen signed.
 * November 7 - Lewis and Clark expedition reaches Pacific Coast
 * November 16 - Battle at Sch”ngrabern: Russian army stop French
 * December 2 - Battle of Austerlitz, Austria and surrenders and make peace with France.

1806

 * January - British take over Cape Colony
 * February - is unified into a single nation
 * March - formed.
 * June to September - Rhineland Conflict; Prussia declares war on France over the creation of Confederation of the Rhine. France wins after massive victory at Battle of Augsburg, and imposes a harsh peace with Prussia.
 * August 6 - The Holy Roman Empire officially ends, being reformed into the Austrian Empire.
 * September 23 - Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis

1807

 * Russia signs Treaty of Cracow with France. The is officially over.

1808

 * First Imperial Plan created by Napoleon, French Economy booms
 * Recession in the United Kingdom throws thousands out of work. Army and Royal Navy reduced in size
 * Beginning of Prussian Reforms
 * James Madison elected President of the United States

1809

 * Russia liberates the serfs; last state in Europe to do so.

1810

 * Frederich Krupp sets up his foundry in Essen, Confederation of the Rhine.

1812

 * US declares war on Great Britain, and invades Canada. Heavy resistance bogs down the American forces, but York (OTL Toronto) is captured. British implement blockade of East Coast ports.

1813

 * Battle of Fort Dearborn an easy American Victory, capturing present day Detroit with minimal casualties.
 * Battle of Sherbroke is an overwhelming British victory, forcing the American army trying to capture Montreal to withdraw.
 * The effects of the Battle of Sherbroke is felt heavily in Washington D.C., and President Madison replaces William Eustis with James Monroe as Secretary of War, and an ambitious program to establish a new, conscripted army on the French model is implemented.

1814

 * Early in the year, efforts to halt British thrusts into the United States itself is successful, but high casualties of the green, fresh recruits prevents efforts to push the red coats out of New York State.
 * Indian raiders, supported by the British, attack deep into Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.
 * The hastily trained, yet patriotic and stubborn American conscripts under a young officer named Andrew Jackson, manage to halt the British outside Albany, New York.
 * Battle of Fort Henry: British battleships fire on the strong point, eventually forcing the garrison to surrender.
 * Landings in Washington, D.C. British Marines land outside the American Capital and march on the ill prepared city, brushing aside the few new units that had been training at West Point. President Madison and his family, along with Congress, flee the city as the British burn it.
 * America sues for peace, and the British, wanting to cripple their former colony from becoming a major power, force them to give up a large part of the Louisiana Purchase (everything west of 102 Degrees From Prime Meridian), which is made part of the Canadian colony.