leaves 96 dead. June 1 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. June 4 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the territory by that name is renamed the Missouri Territory. June 16 – New York State charters the City Bank of New York (later Citibank). June 18 – The War of 1812 between the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom begins with US declaration. June 24 – Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman River, and invades Russia. July–September July 12 – Americans invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario. July 18 – Russia's Patriotic War – Battle of Klyastitsy: Kulnev defeats Oudinot, but sustains a mortal wound. July 19 - Beethoven and Goethe meet each other at the small Bohemian town Teplitz. July 22 – Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by the Earl of Wellington defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain. August 5 – War of 1812: Tecumseh's Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat. August 12 – Peninsular War: The combined English and Portuguese army under the command of Wellington enters Madrid, following the Battle of Salamanca. August 15 – War of 1812 – Battle of Fort Dearborn: Potawatomi warriors overrun the United States fort in Illinois Territory. August 16 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit, without a fight, to the British Army. August 19 – War of 1812: defeats the British frigate , off the coast of Nova Scotia. The British shot is said to have bounced off Constitutions sides, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides". September 7 – Napoleonic Wars – French invasion of Russia – Battle of Borodino: The bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars ends in a tactical victory for Napoleon. There are at least 70,000 casualties, with a minimum of 6,562 dead from the French Grande Armée alone. September 14 – French invasion of Russia and Fire of Moscow: Napoleon's troops enter Moscow, which is deliberately set on fire by Muscovites, on orders of Fyodor Rostopchin. Later accounts report that France lost 40,000 troops during four days of fire between September 17 and 20, and that 20,000 Russian soldiers were killed in what would be described in 1876 as "the greatest example in history of national self-sacrifice for the destruction of an