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Special Events for the Year 1812 - back to GREGSITE

Born :03/06/1812Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
Born :11/04/1812Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria)
Born :02/11/1812Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883
Born :04/26/1812Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
Born :10/20/1812Austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer
Born :02/11/1812Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
Born :07/15/1812Benno Adam, animal painter
Born :02/07/1812Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
Born :02/15/1812Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler
Born :04/28/1812Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
Born :05/12/1812Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
Born :12/04/1812Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
Born :05/19/1812Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
Born :03/20/1812George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
Born :05/23/1812Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
Born :03/16/1812Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
Born :02/16/1812Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)
Born :06/09/1812Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens)
Born :01/13/1812Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
Born :06/18/1812Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
Born :03/11/1812James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887
Born :11/18/1812Jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
Born :06/09/1812Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune)
Born :05/30/1812John Alexander McClernand, Major General (Union volunteers)
Born :01/31/1812John Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
Born :08/08/1812John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
Born :05/17/1812Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880
Born :05/12/1812Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
Born :04/23/1812Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
Born :05/06/1812Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, pioneer black nationalist
Born :05/06/1812Martin Robinson Delaney, US, 1st black major in US Medical Corp
Born :08/25/1812Percival Drayton, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1865
Born :01/15/1812Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale collector
Born :04/15/1812Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter
Born :01/20/1812Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
Born :04/09/1812Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887
Born :07/05/1812Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book)/wed Elizabeth Barrett
Born :05/07/1812Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)
Born :12/23/1812Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)
Born :06/07/1812Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1902
Born :07/27/1812Thomas Lanier Clingman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
Born :03/10/1812Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
Born :07/01/1812Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, genealogist/heraldicus
Born :12/16/1812William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
Died :07/14/1812Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82
Died :06/16/1812Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23
Died :04/20/1812George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office
Died :10/13/1812Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle
Died :10/11/1812Jurrian F de Frederici, governor-gen (Suriname), dies
Died :09/12/1812Pjotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle
Died :12/20/1812Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies
Interest:10/19/1812[Ang] Commem of Hanry Martyn, Priest, & Missionary to India & Persia
Special :04/30/1812(Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
Special :03/15/18121st Russian settlement in California, Russian River
Special :01/12/18121st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
Special :12/11/18121st newspaper on Cura‡ao (Cura‡ao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)
Special :07/23/1812Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I
Special :10/13/1812Battle of Queenstown Heights
Special :04/05/1812Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish
Special :03/14/1812Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
Special :03/03/1812Congress passes 1st foreign aid bill
Special :07/22/1812Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain
Special :08/12/1812Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
Special :03/26/1812Earthquake hits Caracas; about 20,000 die
Special :09/18/1812Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs
Special :09/16/1812Fire of Moscow
Special :08/16/1812Gen Hull surrenders Detroit & Michigan territory to England
Special :12/02/1812James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
Special :02/07/1812Last of Midwest quakes (see 12/16) strikes New Madrid, Missouri
Special :02/07/1812Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
Special :06/04/1812Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
Special :02/11/1812Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander
Special :10/19/1812Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow
Special :09/14/1812Napoleon occupies Moscow
Special :11/29/1812Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
Special :06/12/1812Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins
Special :12/04/1812Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
Special :08/01/1812Rare tornado hits Westchester County, NY
Special :01/09/1812Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
Special :07/12/1812US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)
Special :10/25/1812US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian
Special :07/11/1812US invades Canada (Detroit frontier)
Special :08/19/1812US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere
Special :06/18/1812War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain

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