Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2021 June 4

= June 4 =

War of 1812
What do British historians call it, aside from "the War of 1812"? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:03, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * According to Wikipedia's article on the subject, there was not a different name in the UK and the US. If there had been, it would have been indicated.  I do know that the War of 1812 was a bigger deal in the US and Canada than in the UK, as the UK primarily used Canadian troops to fight the war, Britain itself was primarily involved in the Napoleonic Wars at the time, and the little skirmish with the U.S. over some minor naval dispute and some border irregularities with Canada was not high on their list of priorities at the time.  -- Jayron 32 12:57, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It makes sense. What prompted this was an episode of the BBC show Escape to the Country where they said that "The Star-Spangled Banner" had "gained popularity during the American Civil War." That didn't sound correct to me, as if they had gotten their wars mixed up, but maybe it's true. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:02, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's just historical ignorance. Modern British history teaching about that era tends to focus on the industrial revolution and the abolition of slavery. Even Napoleon doesn't get much of a look-in these days. Alansplodge (talk) 18:43, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Rereading your last post, it does say "gained popularity during" rather than "was written during", which perhaps has a grain of truth in it. Alansplodge (talk) 18:47, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * My parents grew up in England. I grew up in Canada.  One time when my school history class was studying the War of 1812, they were surprised as they thought "the War of 1812" meant something that took place in Europe (i.e. part of the Napoleonic Wars).  But they weren't especially interested in history, just remembering their own schooling from maybe 30 years before. --184.145.50.201 (talk) 04:38, 5 June 2021 (UTC)