1812 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1812?
- January 1, 1812 – The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
- January 19, 1812 – Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
- 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 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 16, 1812 – Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
- March 19, 1812 – The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
- April 30, 1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- May 11, 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
- May 27, 1812 – Bolivian War of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army.
- June 4, 1812 – Following Louisiana’s admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
- June 18, 1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom.
- June 23, 1812 – War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
- June 24, 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
- 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 13, 1812 – War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- October 14, 1812 – Work on London’s Regent’s Canal starts.
- October 19, 1812 – Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
- December 14, 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: March 28, 1812
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)
Share or Link to This Page: