What happened in 1812?
173 recorded events in 1812, including 74 in wars & conflicts, 53 in people and 13 in economy & trade.
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Wars & Conflicts 74
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War of 1812
Conflict between the United States and the British Empire from 1812 to 1815
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French invasion of Russia
1812 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars
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Battle of Borodino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Berezina
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Smolensk
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Salamanca
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Maloyaroslavets
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Queenston Heights
War of 1812 battle
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Siege of Badajoz
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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First Battle of Polotsk
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Tarutino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Krasnoi
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Mir
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Saltanovka
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Aslanduz
1812 battle
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Second Battle of Polotsk
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Medina
1812 battle of the Ottoman–Saudi War
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Battle of Ostrovno
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Vyazma
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Valutino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Siege of Detroit
Early engagement in the Anglo-American War of 1812
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Battle of Kobrin
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Czasniki
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Smoliani
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Tucumán
1812 engagement of the Argentine War of Independence
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Battle of Klyastitsy
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Siege of Burgos
1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Majadahonda
1812 battle of the Peninsular War
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Battle of Venta del Pozo
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Garcia Hernandez
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Castalla
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Cerrito
1812 part of the Argentine War of Independence
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Battle of Bornos
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Vitebsk
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Al-Safra
1812 battle
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Battle of Ekau
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Wolkowisk
1812 battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia
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Battle of Almaraz
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Altafulla
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Fort Dearborn
War of 1812 battle in modern-day Chicago
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Battle of Tordesillas
1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Siege of Montevideo
1812-1814 siege
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Siege of Riga
Siege during the French invasion of Russia (1812)
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Battle of Lyakhovo
1812 battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia
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Siege of Astorga
1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Mesoten
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
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Battle of Arlabán
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Maguilla
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Villagarcia
1812 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Sultanabad
1812 battle
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Battle of Frenchman's Creek
Battle of the War of 1812
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Siege of Fort Harrison
War of 1812 era stockade located in the modern city of Terre Haute, Indiana
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Battle of Ibarra
1812 battle
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Siege of the Salamanca forts
1812 siege during the Peninsular War
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Pemmican War
Pemmican War (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Brownstown
Skirmish in the War of 1812
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Battle of Maguaga
Battle in the War of 1812
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Siege of Fort Wayne
Battle of the War of 1812
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Battle of Escamela
1812 battle
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Battle of Tenango del Valle
1812 battle
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Battle of the Mississinewa
Battle during the War of 1812
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Battle of Izúcar
1812 battle
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First Battle of Sacket's Harbor
Naval battle fought on July 19, 1812
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Battle of Zitácuaro
1812 battle
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Battle of Zitlala
1812 battle
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Siege of Fort Mackinac
Engagement of the War of 1812
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Capture of Oaxaca
Battle during the War of Mexican Independence
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Siege of Cuautla
1812 battle of the Mexican War of Independence
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Battle of Lacolle Mills
1812 battle
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Siege of Huajuapan de León
1812 siege
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Capture of Orizaba
Capture of Orizaba (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of La Ladera (1812)
1812 battle of the Colombian War of Independence
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Battle of La Victoria
In La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela
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Politics & Government 5
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Treaty of Bucharest
Peace treaty in 1812
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Convention of Tauroggen
Armistice during the Napoleonic Wars
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Treaty of Orebro
Treaty of Orebro (Politics & Government).
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Treaty of Paris
1812 treaty
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Treaty of Saint Petersburg
1812 treaty between Sweden and Russia
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People 53
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Callinicus IV died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 801 to 1806 and 1808 to 1809
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Joseph David Sinzheim died
Chief rabbi of Strasbourg (1745–1812)
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Étienne-Louis Malus died
French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)
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Richard Kirwan died
Irish geologist and chemist (1733-1812)
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Aleksander Antoni Sapieha died
Polish noble
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Emanuel Schikaneder died
German actor and singer
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Georg Simon Klügel died
German mathematician and physicist
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Jean Baptiste Eblé died
French army commander (1758–1812)
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Stepan Rumovsky died
Russian mathematician
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Franz Ludwig von Cancrin died
German architect and mineralogist (1738-1812)
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Domenico Cocoli died
Italian mathematician and physicist (1747-1812)
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Louis Bertrand died
Swiss mathematician, professor of mathematics at the University of Geneva (1731-1812)
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Cornélie Lebon died
French engineer
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Charles Christie died
British expatriates in Iran
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Jan Ladislav Dussek died
Czech composer and pianist (1760–1812)
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Marianna Martines died
Austrian singer, pianist and composer
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Joseph Wölfl died
Austrian composer and pianist (1773-1812)
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Anton Stadler died
Austrian musician
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Antoinette Saint-Huberty died
French operatic soprano (1756-1812)
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Jacques Marie Boutet died
French actor and writer
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Louis Archambault Dorvigny died
French writer
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George Frederick Cooke died
British actor
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Joseph Beer died
German clarinetist
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Jean-Joseph Rodolphe died
Alsatian horn player, violinist and composer
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Michel-Joseph Gebauer died
French musician (1765-1812)
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Alexander Placide died
French circus entertainer
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Andrew Cherry died
Irish writer
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John Malchair died
German artist, violinist and collector of traditional music in Oxford (1730–1812)
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Johann Ernst Dauer died
German stage actor and operatic tenor
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John Moody died
Irish actor
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Matěj Majober died
Czech stage actor and playwright
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Robert Owenson died
Irish actor
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William Dimond died
British actor and theatre manager (c. 1750 – 1812)
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Charles Dickens born
Born in Landport. English novelist and social critic (1812–1870).
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Robert Browning born
Born in London. English poet and playwright (1812–1889).
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Ivan Goncharov born
Born in Ulyanovsk. Russian novelist and official (1812–1891).
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Alexander Herzen born
Born in Moscow. Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870).
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Edward Lear born
Born in Highgate. British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888).
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Henry Wilson born
Born in Farmington. Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875.
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Samuel Smiles born
Born in Haddington. Scottish author (1812-1904).
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Zygmunt Krasiński born
Born in Paris. Polish poet (1812–1859).
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Mirza Fatali Akhundov born
Born in Shaki. Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic.
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Berthold Auerbach born
Born in Nordstetten. German author (1812–1882).
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Moses Hess born
Born in Bonn. German philosopher (1812–1875).
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Józef Ignacy Kraszewski born
Born in Warsaw. Polish novelist (1812–1887).
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Hendrik Conscience born
Born in Antwerp. Belgian author (1812-1883).
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Luigi Carlo Farini born
Born in Russi. Italian historian and politician (1812-1866).
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Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès born
Born in Colmar. French soldier and politician (1812-1895).
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Ignacio Comonfort born
Born in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza. President of Mexico (1812-1863).
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George Grey born
Born in Lisbon. British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer (1812–1898).
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Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn born
Born in Chojna. German philologist and folklorist (1812–1881).
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Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ born
Born in Hjertebjerg. Danish politician and mathematician (1812–1893).
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George Rawlinson born
Born in Chadlington. British historian and clergyman (1812–1902).
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Science & Technology 7
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Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
Research institute in Naples, Italy
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Natural History Museum in Oslo
Natural history museum in Oslo, Norway
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Nikitsky Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Crimea
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National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
University in Managua, Nicaragua
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Jesuit Academy of Polotsk
Jesuit Academy of Polotsk (Science & Technology).
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Old Botanical Garden Marburg
Botanical garden
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National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León
University in León, Nicaragua
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Moulay Slimane Mosque
Mosque in Rabat, Morocco
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St. Nicholas' Church
Church in Russia, Russia
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Teliakovo Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Teliakovo Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 13
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Citigroup
American investment bank and financial services corporation
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Citibank
American multinational bank
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Mercedes-AMG
Subsidiary and sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz AG
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Fives Group
French industrial conglomerate
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Westley Richards
British manufacturer of guns and rifles
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Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori
Swedish armaments firm
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Banque Rothschild
Former French bank
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Gas Light and Coke Company
Former British company that made and supplied coal gas and coke
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Mirat
Spanish company, produces manures and fertilizers
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W. Lucy & Co.
English multinational company
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Joaillerie Debacq
Joaillerie Debacq (Economy & Trade).
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Boss & Co.
English bespoke gunmaker
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Fratelli Beretta
Italian food company
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Disasters & Pandemics 3
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1812 Caracas earthquake
Magnitude 7 earthquake (March 26, 1812) in Venezuela damaging Caracas, La Guaira, Barquisimeto, San Felipe and Mérida
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1812 Wrightwood earthquake
Destructive 1812 earthquake affecting Alta California
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1812 Ventura earthquake
Magnitude 7.1-7.5 earthquake (December 21, 1812) in Alta California
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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1812 Baltimore riots
Violent riots in the summer of 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland, US
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Flag Tower of Hanoi
Flagpole
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Lurøy Church
Church in Lurøy, Norway
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Hjartdal Church
Church building in Hjartdal Municipality, Norway
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Sandøy Church
Church building in Sandøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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National Presbyterian Church
Church in D.C., United States
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St. George's Anglican (Round) Church
Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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St. Cronan's Church
Church of Ireland church building in Roscrea
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Greensboro Historical Museum
Church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore
Building in India
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St George's Church, Everton
Church in Everton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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St John the Evangelist's Church, Chichester
Church in Chichester, UK
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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public theatre of Perpignan
Historical theatre building in Perpignan, France
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Empires & Countries 2
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First Republic of Venezuela dissolved
First Republic of Venezuela ceased to exist, having been centered at Valencia.
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Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym dissolved
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym ceased to exist, having been centered at Hoym.
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