<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>: On the second day of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Burning of Washington">Burning of Washington</a>, British troops torch the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Treasury">United States Treasury</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Department of War">Department of War</a>, and other public buildings.