1812 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1812?
- February 2, 1812 – Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
- February 7, 1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
- February 11, 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
- February 27, 1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
- March 26, 1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- April 4, 1812 – U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
- April 6, 1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
- May 11, 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
- June 1, 1812 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
- June 18, 1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
- July 12, 1812 – War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- July 18, 1812 – The Treaties of Orebro end both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars.
- July 22, 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca – British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain.
- August 16, 1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
- September 7, 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon wins a Pyrrhic victory over the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
- September 14, 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- October 9, 1812 – War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
- October 14, 1812 – Work on London’s Regent’s Canal starts.
- October 25, 1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
- November 3, 1812 – Napoleon’s armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma
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