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Battle of York

War of 1812 battle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 22, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The Battle of York was a War of 1812 battle fought in York, Upper Canada on April 27, 1813. An American force, supported by a naval flotilla, landed on the western lakeshore and captured the provincial capital after defeating an outnumbered force of regulars, militia and Ojibwe natives under the command of Major General Roger Hale Sheaffe, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.

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“Battle of York” enters the record as war of 1812 battle. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Battle, York and battle can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1812, 1813—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Battle, York and battle.
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Why this record matters

“Battle of York” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Battle, York and battle provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 22, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1812 and 1813.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of York” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.