WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1812
Find out what all happened January to February 1812

The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham (1. January 1812)

Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. (27. February 1812)

The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. (7. February 1812)

Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time. (11. February 1812)

Peninsular War: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo. (19. January 1812)

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. (27. February 1812)

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