1812

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1780s  1790s  1800s  – 1810s –  1820s  1830s  1840s
Years:	1809 1810 1811 – 1812 – 1813 1814 1815

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1812 (MDCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• March 5 – Prussia and France sign the Treaty of Paris
• March 26 – The 1812 Caracas earthquake destroys Caracas in Venezuela.
• April 30 – Louisiana is admitted as the 18th U.S. state.
• June 18 – The War of 1812 between the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom begins.
• December 30 – Convention of Tauroggen is signed.
• The capital of Finland is moved from Turku to Helsinki.

Births

for more information, see Category:1812 births.

• February 12 – Charles Dickens

1812 Media

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  May 11: British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated.

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  September 15: Moscow's Military Governor Rostopchin orders the Russian capital to be evacuated and burned down in advance of Napoleon's invasion.

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  March 16 – April 6: Siege of Badajoz

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  Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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  Henry Wilson, VP of the United States

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  Fernando Wood. Library of Congress description: "Hon. Fernando Wood of N.Y and Mayor of N.Y."

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  Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

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  Portrait of Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), Prime Minister of Great Britain

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  Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Deaths

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