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 11, 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry “gerrymanders” for the first time.
- February 27, 1812 – Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
- March 26, 1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- April 30, 1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- 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.
- June 24, 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia.
- July 12, 1812 – War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- August 19, 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname “Old Ironsides”.
- September 3, 1812 – 24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
- September 13, 1812 – War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- September 15, 1812 – War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- September 18, 1812 – The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
- 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 24, 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
- December 14, 1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
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