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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Year 1812 (MDCCCXII), a leap year, started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events of 1812

January 1 - The Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire.
February 2 - Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
February 7 - The last New Madrid Earthquake strikes New Madrid, Missouri, with an estimated moment magnitude of over 8, Charles Dickens was born.
February 11 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering.
February 12 - Napoleon authorizes the usage of Mesures usuelles, the basis of the Metric System.
February 13, first Chilean newspaper La Aurora de Chile is dealing with political philosophy and standing in favor of the new national government
February 27 - Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
March 12 - The Cádiz Cortes, in exile, create the first modern Spanish constitution.
March 15 - Luddites attack the wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire.
March 26 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.

July 12 - Americans invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
July 18 - Russia's Patriotic War - Battle of Klyastitsy: Kulnev defeats Oudinot but sustains a mortal wound.
July 22 - Peninsular War - Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by Lord Wellington defeat French troops near Salamanca in Spain.
August 5 - War of 1812: Tecumseh's Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.
August 12 - Peninsular War: The combined English and Portuguese army under the command of Wellington enters Madrid following the Battle of Salamanca.
August 16 - War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
August 19 - War of 1812: The USS Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia. The British shot is said to have bounced off the Constitution's sides, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides".
September 7 - Napoleonic Wars - Battle of Borodino: The bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic wars ends in a draw.
September 14 - Napoleon's troops enter Moscow, which was deliberately set on fire by Muscovites on orders of Fyodor Rostopchin.

January 6 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (d. 1919)
January 13 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
February 3 - William Fraser Tolmie, Scottish-Canadian scientist and politician (d. 1886)
February 7 - Charles Dickens, English writer (d. 1870)
February 11 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1883)
February 15 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (d. 1902)
March 1 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
March 6 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison American watch manufacturer (d. 1895)
March 22 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American anarchist and abolitionist (d. 1886)
April 22 - Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-born orientalist (d. 1894)
April 27
- Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
- William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
May 7 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
June 9 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
June 14 - Fernando Wood, New York City Mayor (d. 1881)