Intelligence of the Battle of Ligny by William Heath, where a Prussian officer informs the Duke of Wellington, who was attending the Duchess of Richmond's ball, that the French have crossed the border at Charleroi and that the Prussians would concentrate their army at Ligny.
L'Enfant du Régiment (The Child of the Regiment) by the English artist John Everett Millais, based on the 1840 opera La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) by Gaetano Donizetti.
On 1st June 1812, the President of the United States, James Madison, sent an appeal to Congress for war against the United Kingdom due to diplomatic issues related to naval affairs, economic blockade and British intervention in indigenous affairs.