What happened in 1812?

War of 1812

Wars & Conflicts · North America

Conflict between the United States and the British Empire from 1812 to 1815

French invasion of Russia

Wars & Conflicts

1812 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Borodino

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Berezina

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Smolensk

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Salamanca

Wars & Conflicts · Arapiles

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Maloyaroslavets

Wars & Conflicts · Maloyaroslavets

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Queenston Heights

Wars & Conflicts · Queenston Heights National Historic Site of Canada

War of 1812 battle

Siege of Badajoz

Wars & Conflicts · Badajoz

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

First Battle of Polotsk

Wars & Conflicts · Polatsak

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Tarutino

Wars & Conflicts · Tarutino

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Krasnoi

Wars & Conflicts · Krasny

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Mir

Wars & Conflicts · Mir

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Saltanovka

Wars & Conflicts · Saltanaŭka

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo

Wars & Conflicts · Ciudad Rodrigo

1812 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Aslanduz

Wars & Conflicts · Aslan Duz

1812 battle

Second Battle of Polotsk

Wars & Conflicts · Polatsak

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Medina

Wars & Conflicts · Medina

1812 battle of the Ottoman–Saudi War

Battle of Ostrovno

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Vyazma

Wars & Conflicts · Vyazma

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Valutino

Wars & Conflicts · Smolensk

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Siege of Detroit

Wars & Conflicts · Detroit

Early engagement in the Anglo-American War of 1812

Battle of Kobrin

Wars & Conflicts · Kobryn

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Czasniki

Wars & Conflicts · Chashniki

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Smoliani

Wars & Conflicts · Smaĺjany

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Tucumán

Wars & Conflicts · San Miguel de Tucumán

1812 engagement of the Argentine War of Independence

Battle of Klyastitsy

Wars & Conflicts · Rasony district

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Siege of Burgos

Wars & Conflicts · Castle of Burgos

1812 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Majadahonda

Wars & Conflicts · Majadahonda

1812 battle of the Peninsular War

Battle of Venta del Pozo

Wars & Conflicts · Villodrigo

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Garcia Hernandez

Wars & Conflicts · Garcihernández

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Castalla

Wars & Conflicts · Castalla

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Cerrito

Wars & Conflicts · Montevideo

1812 part of the Argentine War of Independence

Battle of Bornos

Wars & Conflicts · Bornos

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Vitebsk

Wars & Conflicts · Vitebsk

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Al-Safra

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle

Battle of Ekau

Wars & Conflicts · Iecava

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Wolkowisk

Wars & Conflicts · Vawkavysk

1812 battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia

Battle of Almaraz

Wars & Conflicts · Almaraz

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Altafulla

Wars & Conflicts · Altafulla

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Fort Dearborn

Wars & Conflicts · Chicago

War of 1812 battle in modern-day Chicago

Battle of Tordesillas

Wars & Conflicts · Tordesillas

1812 siege during the Peninsular War

Siege of Montevideo

Wars & Conflicts · Montevideo

1812-1814 siege

Siege of Riga

Wars & Conflicts · Riga

Siege during the French invasion of Russia (1812)

Battle of Lyakhovo

Wars & Conflicts · Lyakhovo

1812 battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia

Siege of Astorga

Wars & Conflicts · Astorga

1812 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Mesoten

Wars & Conflicts · Mežotne

1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Arlabán

Wars & Conflicts · mountain pass of Arlaban

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Maguilla

Wars & Conflicts · Maguilla

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Villagarcia

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Sultanabad

Wars & Conflicts · Soltanabad, Saatly

1812 battle

Battle of Frenchman's Creek

Wars & Conflicts · Frenchman's Creek

Battle of the War of 1812

Siege of Fort Harrison

Wars & Conflicts · Terre Haute

War of 1812 era stockade located in the modern city of Terre Haute, Indiana

Battle of Ibarra

Wars & Conflicts

1812 battle

Siege of the Salamanca forts

Wars & Conflicts · Salamanca

1812 siege during the Peninsular War

Pemmican War

Wars & Conflicts · Red River Colony

Battle of Brownstown

Wars & Conflicts · Brownstown Charter Township

Skirmish in the War of 1812

Battle of Maguaga

Wars & Conflicts

Battle in the War of 1812

Siege of Fort Wayne

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Wayne

Battle of the War of 1812

Battle of Escamela

Wars & Conflicts · Escamela

1812 battle

Battle of Tenango del Valle

Wars & Conflicts · Tenango del Valle Municipality

1812 battle

Battle of the Mississinewa

Wars & Conflicts · Jalapa

Battle during the War of 1812

Battle of Izúcar

Wars & Conflicts · Izúcar de Matamoros

1812 battle

First Battle of Sacket's Harbor

Wars & Conflicts · Sackets Harbor

Naval battle fought on July 19, 1812

Battle of Zitácuaro

Wars & Conflicts · Zitácuaro

1812 battle

Battle of Zitlala

Wars & Conflicts · Zitlala

1812 battle

Siege of Fort Mackinac

Wars & Conflicts · Mackinac Island

Engagement of the War of 1812

Capture of Oaxaca

Wars & Conflicts · Oaxaca de Juárez

Battle during the War of Mexican Independence

Siege of Cuautla

Wars & Conflicts · Monterrey

1812 battle of the Mexican War of Independence

Battle of Lacolle Mills

Wars & Conflicts · Lacolle

1812 battle

Siege of Huajuapan de León

Wars & Conflicts · Huajuapan de León

1812 siege

Capture of Orizaba

Wars & Conflicts · Orizaba

Battle of La Ladera (1812)

Wars & Conflicts · Popayán

1812 battle of the Colombian War of Independence

Battle of La Victoria

Wars & Conflicts · La Victoria

In La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela

Chilean War of Independence

Wars & Conflicts · Chile

1812–1827 war between patriots and royalists, which resulted in the ''de facto'' independence of Chile from the Spanish Crown

Battle of Pirano

Wars & Conflicts · Adriatic Sea

1812 naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Lyngør

Wars & Conflicts · Lyngør

Naval battle fought between Denmark-Norway and Britain in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway, effectively concluding the Gunboat War in Britain's favour and putting Denmark-Norway out of the war

Civil War between Centralists and Federalists

Wars & Conflicts · Colombia

USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Naval battle during the War of 1812

Sack of Yogyakarta

Wars & Conflicts · Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat

June 1812 British military conquest and looting of the royal palace Yogyakarta, in Java

Battle of Chimbo

Wars & Conflicts · Chimborazo Province

Battle of Mocha

Wars & Conflicts · Tungurahua Province

French occupation of Moscow

Wars & Conflicts · Moscow

1812 occupation during the French invasion of Russia

Aponte Conspiracy

Wars & Conflicts · Cuba

Slave rebellion in Cuba

Patriot War

Wars & Conflicts · Florida

1812 attempt to annex Spanish East Florida

Treaty of Bucharest

Politics & Government

Peace treaty in 1812

Convention of Tauroggen

Politics & Government

Armistice during the Napoleonic Wars

Treaty of Orebro

Politics & Government · Örebro

Treaty of Paris

Politics & Government · Paris

1812 treaty

Treaty of Saint Petersburg

Politics & Government · Saint Petersburg

1812 treaty between Sweden and Russia

Malet coup of 1812

Politics & Government · Paris

Attempted coup d'état in Paris, France

Callinicus IV died

People · Beşiktaş

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 801 to 1806 and 1808 to 1809

Joseph David Sinzheim died

People · Paris

Chief rabbi of Strasbourg (1745–1812)

Étienne-Louis Malus died

People · Paris

French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)

Richard Kirwan died

People · Dublin

Irish geologist and chemist (1733-1812)

Aleksander Antoni Sapieha died

People · Dzyarechyn

Polish noble

Emanuel Schikaneder died

People · Vienna

German actor and singer

Georg Simon Klügel died

People · Halle (Saale)

German mathematician and physicist

Jean Baptiste Eblé died

People · Königsberg

French army commander (1758–1812)

Stepan Rumovsky died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian mathematician

Franz Ludwig von Cancrin died

People · Staraya Russa

German architect and mineralogist (1738-1812)

Domenico Cocoli died

People · Brescia

Italian mathematician and physicist (1747-1812)

Louis Bertrand died

People · Geneva

Swiss mathematician, professor of mathematics at the University of Geneva (1731-1812)

Cornélie Lebon died

People · Paris

French engineer

Charles Christie died

People · Battle of Aslanduz

British expatriates in Iran

Jan Ladislav Dussek died

People · Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Czech composer and pianist (1760–1812)

Marianna Martines died

People · Vienna

Austrian singer, pianist and composer

Joseph Wölfl died

People · Marylebone

Austrian composer and pianist (1773-1812)

Anton Stadler died

People · Vienna

Austrian musician

Antoinette Saint-Huberty died

People · Barnes

French operatic soprano (1756-1812)

Jacques Marie Boutet died

People · Paris

French actor and writer

Louis Archambault Dorvigny died

People · Paris

French writer

George Frederick Cooke died

People · New York City

British actor

Joseph Beer died

People · Berlin

German clarinetist

Jean-Joseph Rodolphe died

People · Paris

Alsatian horn player, violinist and composer

Michel-Joseph Gebauer died

People · Russia

French musician (1765-1812)

Alexander Placide died

People · New York City

French circus entertainer

Andrew Cherry died

People · Limerick

Irish writer

John Malchair died

People · Oxford

German artist, violinist and collector of traditional music in Oxford (1730–1812)

Johann Ernst Dauer died

People · Vienna

German stage actor and operatic tenor

John Moody died

People · London

Irish actor

Matěj Majober died

People · Prague

Czech stage actor and playwright

Robert Owenson died

People · Dublin

Irish actor

William Dimond died

People · Norfolk Crescent

British actor and theatre manager (c. 1750 – 1812)

Charles Dickens born

People · Landport

Born in Landport. English novelist and social critic (1812–1870).

Robert Browning born

People · London

Born in London. English poet and playwright (1812–1889).

Ivan Goncharov born

People · Ulyanovsk

Born in Ulyanovsk. Russian novelist and official (1812–1891).

Alexander Herzen born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870).

Edward Lear born

People · Highgate

Born in Highgate. British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888).

Henry Wilson born

People · Farmington

Born in Farmington. Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875.

Samuel Smiles born

People · Haddington

Born in Haddington. Scottish author (1812-1904).

Zygmunt Krasiński born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. Polish poet (1812–1859).

Mirza Fatali Akhundov born

People · Shaki

Born in Shaki. Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic.

Berthold Auerbach born

People · Nordstetten

Born in Nordstetten. German author (1812–1882).

Moses Hess born

People · Bonn

Born in Bonn. German philosopher (1812–1875).

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski born

People · Warsaw

Born in Warsaw. Polish novelist (1812–1887).

Hendrik Conscience born

People · Antwerp

Born in Antwerp. Belgian author (1812-1883).

Luigi Carlo Farini born

People · Russi

Born in Russi. Italian historian and politician (1812-1866).

Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès born

People · Colmar

Born in Colmar. French soldier and politician (1812-1895).

Ignacio Comonfort born

People · Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza

Born in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza. President of Mexico (1812-1863).

George Grey born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer (1812–1898).

Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn born

People · Chojna

Born in Chojna. German philologist and folklorist (1812–1881).

Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ born

People · Hjertebjerg

Born in Hjertebjerg. Danish politician and mathematician (1812–1893).

George Rawlinson born

People · Chadlington

Born in Chadlington. British historian and clergyman (1812–1902).

Pertevniyal Sultan born

People · Wallachia

Born in Wallachia. Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876.

Count Hieronymus von Colloredo died

People · Vienna

Died in Vienna. Prince-bishop (1732-1812).

Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony died

People · Marktoberdorf

Died in Marktoberdorf. Roman Catholic archbishop (1739-1812).

John Colter died

People · Missouri Territory

Died in Missouri Territory. Mountain man, explorer.

Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

Science & Technology

Research institute in Naples, Italy

Natural History Museum in Oslo

Science & Technology

Natural history museum in Oslo, Norway

Nikitsky Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Crimea

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua

Science & Technology

University in Managua, Nicaragua

Jesuit Academy of Polotsk

Science & Technology

Old Botanical Garden Marburg

Science & Technology

Botanical garden

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León

Science & Technology

University in León, Nicaragua

Sambas expeditions

Exploration & Discovery · Sambas

1812–1813 military expeditions

British expedition to Palembang

Exploration & Discovery · Palembang

1812 military expedition

Moulay Slimane Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Rabat, Morocco

St. Nicholas' Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Russia, Russia

Teliakovo Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Orthodox church located in Vladikavkaz, Russia

St. John's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

19th century Anglican cathedral in Belize City, Belize

Holy Trinity Church (Izhevsk)

Religion & Belief Systems

Kazansky Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Yaroslavl, Russia

Chapel of Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Round Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church on Round Church Road in Richmond, Vermont

East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church located at 642 Telfair Street in Augusta, Georgia in the United States

First Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in New Brunswick, New Jersey

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Plattsburgh, New York

Monumental Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

First Congregational Church and Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Wayside cross from Khashezero, Kizhi

Religion & Belief Systems

Wayside cross in Yamka village, Kizhi, Russia

Rectory (Loppenhausen)

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Loppenhausen

Church of Saint Nicholas in Rusinovo

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church building in Yermolino, Russia

Saint Demetrius church in Jawornik Ruski

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Jawornik Ruski, Poland

Saint Michael Archangel Orthodox Church in Witryłów

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Witryłów, Poland

Rectory in Orzesze-Woszczyce

Religion & Belief Systems · Woszczyce

Historic building in Orzesze, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Citigroup

Economy & Trade · 388 Greenwich Street

American investment bank and financial services corporation

Citibank

Economy & Trade · Sioux Falls

American multinational bank

Mercedes-AMG

Economy & Trade · Affalterbach

Subsidiary and sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz AG

Fives Group

Economy & Trade · Paris

French industrial conglomerate

Westley Richards

Economy & Trade · Birmingham

British manufacturer of guns and rifles

Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori

Economy & Trade · Eskilstuna

Swedish armaments firm

Banque Rothschild

Economy & Trade · Paris

Former French bank

Gas Light and Coke Company

Economy & Trade · Westminster

Former British company that made and supplied coal gas and coke

Mirat

Economy & Trade · Salamanca

Spanish company, produces manures and fertilizers

W. Lucy & Co.

Economy & Trade · Oxford

English multinational company

Joaillerie Debacq

Economy & Trade · Paris

Boss & Co.

Economy & Trade · London

English bespoke gunmaker

Fratelli Beretta

Economy & Trade · Trezzo sull'Adda

Italian food company

1812 Caracas earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Magnitude 7 earthquake (March 26, 1812) in Venezuela damaging Caracas, La Guaira, Barquisimeto, San Felipe and Mérida

1812 Wrightwood earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Destructive 1812 earthquake affecting Alta California

1812 Ventura earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Magnitude 7.1-7.5 earthquake (December 21, 1812) in Alta California

Fire of Moscow

Disasters & Pandemics · Moscow

1812 fire in Moscow, Russia

assassination of Spencer Perceval

Disasters & Pandemics · Palace of Westminster

1812 murder of the British prime minister

1812 Baltimore riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Baltimore

Violent riots in the summer of 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland, US

1812 Kakheti rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kakheti

Flag Tower of Hanoi

Architecture & Engineering · Vietnam Military History Museum

Flagpole

Lurøy Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Lurøy, Norway

Hjartdal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Hjartdal Municipality, Norway

Sandøy Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Sandøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

National Presbyterian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in D.C., United States

St. George's Anglican (Round) Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

St. Cronan's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church of Ireland church building in Roscrea

Greensboro Historical Museum

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in North Carolina, United States of America

St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore

Architecture & Engineering

Building in India

St George's Church, Everton

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

St John the Evangelist's Church, Chichester

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Chichester, UK

Fort Ross

Architecture & Engineering

Former Russian establishment in the United States of America

Fort Henry

Architecture & Engineering

Historic fort and National historic Site of Canada

Blockhouse No. 1

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in New York City's Central Park

Whitehurst & Son sundial

Architecture & Engineering · Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Sundial

Lauken Kirche

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Saranskoe, Russia

St. Andrews Blockhouse

Architecture & Engineering

blockhouse in New Brunswick, Canada

Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

battlefield in Jefferson County, New York, United States

Cane Springs Primitive Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Kentucky, United States of America

Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Indiana, United States of America

Fortress of Our Lady of the Assumption

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

public theatre of Perpignan

Sports & Entertainment

Historical theatre building in Perpignan, France

First Republic of Venezuela dissolved

Empires & Countries · Valencia

First Republic of Venezuela ceased to exist, having been centered at Valencia.

Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym dissolved

Empires & Countries · Hoym

Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym ceased to exist, having been centered at Hoym.

Louisiana founded

Empires & Countries · Baton Rouge

Louisiana was founded, with its capital at Baton Rouge.

Paldeo State founded

Empires & Countries

Paldeo State was founded.

Kura Khanate founded

Empires & Countries · Kurakh

Kura Khanate was founded, with its capital at Kurakh.

Bhaisunda founded

Empires & Countries

Bhaisunda was founded.

Kamta-Rajaula founded

Empires & Countries

Kamta-Rajaula was founded.

Pahra founded

Empires & Countries

Pahra was founded.

Taraon State founded

Empires & Countries

Taraon State was founded.