1812 TimelineThis Year - Russo-Turkey wars temporarily stop.
This Year - Cylinder press, first built in Britain by Friedrich Koenig. It enables production rate of some 1,100 sheets per hour
January09 - Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon.
12 - 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez.
19 - British storm Ciudad Rodrigo, Portugal
23 - 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri.
February07 - Charles Dickens, English novelist, born.
07 - Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords.
07 - 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri.
11 - Massachusetts governer Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering
March03 - US passes 1st foreign aid bill.aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims
11 - Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews.
14 - Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812.
June18 - War of 1812 The War of 1812, a second war between USA and UK, declared.
19 - War of 1812 President Madison declares war or Great Britain.
24 - Napoleon invades Russia
July01 - U.S. doubles Customs Duties
11 - War of 1812 US invades Canada (Detroit frontier).
12 - War of 1812 U.S. General Hull invades Upper Canada at Sandwich across from Detroit
17 - War of 1812 British forces from Fort St. Joseph capture Fort Michilimackinac
22 - Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain.
23 - Battle of Mogilev Russia. Napolean fights Czar Alexander I.
August01 - Rare tornado hits Westchester County NY.
05 - War of 1812 Battle of Brownstown.
12 - Dr Joseph Lister is 1st surgeon to use disinfectant during surgery.
12 - Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid.
15 - Fort Dearborne massacre
16 - War of 1812 British forces under Brock capture Fort Detroit.
16 - War of 1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit & Michigan territory to England.
19 - War of 1812 US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere.
September03 - Indian attack at Pigeon Roost Creek
04 - Indians attack Fort Harrison
05 - Indians attack Fort Madison
06 - Indians attack Fort Wayne
07 - Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov.
12 - Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle.
14 - Napoleon occupies Moscow & fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th).
15 - French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow.
16 - Baltimore Riots finish
16 - War of 1812 Americans fail in capturing batteaux convey at Toussiant Island of the St. Lawrence River
18 - Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs.
October09 - War of 1812 Two British schooners captured off Fort Erie
09 - War of 1812 Small skirmish near Fort Erie
13 - War of 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights and death of Brock and Macdonnell Brit beats US attempt to invade Canada
19 - Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
23 - Failed coup against emperor Napoleon.
25 - War of 1812 US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian.
November21 - War of 1812 Royal Navy blockades South Carolina
21 - James Madison defeats De Witt Clinton in U.S. presidential election
27 - War of 1812 US attacks the outlying fortifications of Fort Erie
28 - War of 1812 U.S. invasion attempt at Frenchman's Creek repulsed.
29 - Napoleon's shattered army exits Russia. Tchaikovsky's famous "1812 Overture" is later written about this military campaign.
29 - Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia.
December04 - Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower.
20 - Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies.
26 - War of 1812 Royal Navy expands blockade to Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
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