Definition of bezel. 1 : a rim that holds a transparent covering (as on a watch, clock, or headlight) or that is rotatable and has special markings (as on a watch) 2 gems : the oblique (see 1oblique 1a) side or face of a cut gem; specifically : the upper faceted portion of a brilliant projecting from the setting â see brilliant illustration.
Publisher. A+E Networks. Two weeks after the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans.
War of 1812. Andrew Jackson was commissioned as brigadier general and then major general in the War of 1812. On November 7, 1814, Jackson drove the British from Florida and captured the town of Pensacola. He became a national hero when he defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans.