1812

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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s

Years: 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 - 1812 - 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817

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Events

• February 2 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California
• February 11 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering
• June 18 - The War of 1812, a second war between United States and United Kingdom, declared.
• September 14 Napoleon's invasion of Russia is thwarted by the burning of Moscow.
• October-December - Napoleon's retreat from Moscow.
• November - James Madison defeats De Witt Clinton in U.S. presidential election
• Spanish Cortes refugeed at Cadiz create the first modern Spanish constitution.

Births

• February 7 - Charles Dickens, English novelist.
• February 11 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President (Confederate States of America).
• February 11 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy).
• February 15 - Charles Louis Tiffany, jeweler (+ 1902)
• March 22 - Stephen Pearl Andrews Anarchist Abolitionist
• May 7 - Robert Browning, English poet
• May 12 - Edward Lear, English artist and writer, famed for his nonsense verse
• December 24 - Karl Eduard Zachariae Expert on Byzantine Law.

Deaths