Battle of Baltimore. On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on England, then the greatest power on earth, to preserve Free Trade and Sailors' Rights.. The British, while at war with France, had interfered with U.S. trade and had boarded American ships to force sailors into service on their ships.
Themes: Childhood and children's literature, The novel 1832 - 1880. Drawing on childrenâs literature, educational texts and Charlotte BronteâbrontÃ« s own childhood, Experience Professor Sally shuttleworth looks at the passionate and defiant child Of Jane. eyre
English novelist Jane Austen is born on this day in 1775, the seventh of eight children of a clergyman in a country village in Hampshire, England. Jane was very close to her older sister, Cassandra, who remained her faithful editor and critic throughout her life.