WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1812
Find out what all happened January to July 1812

War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war. (23. June 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)

Hugh McGary Jr. establishes what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River. (27. March 1812)

An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela. (26. March 1812)

Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. (11. May 1812)

Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca – British forces led by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain. (22. July 1812)

Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War. (16. March 1812)

Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory. (4. June 1812)

A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection. (26. March 1812)

The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana. (30. April 1812)

War of 1812: the United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario. (12. July 1812)

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

John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. (18. May 1812)

The Treaties of Orebro ends both the Anglo-Russian and Anglo-Swedish Wars. (18. July 1812)

Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman River beginning the invasion of Russia. (24. June 1812)

War of 1812: The U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. (1. June 1812)

War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland. (18. June 1812)

Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812. Bessarabia is illegitimately annexed by Imperial Russia. (16. May 1812)

U.S. President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom. (4. April 1812)