WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1812
Find out what all happened February to September 1812

War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows. (13. September 1812)

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

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

War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. (16. August 1812)

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

War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses. (5. September 1812)

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

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

The Fire of Moscow begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later. (16. September 1812)

War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides". (19. August 1812)

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

War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire. (4. September 1812)

The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow. (15. September 1812)

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

French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory. (7. September 1812)

Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz. (24. August 1812)

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

British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France. (6. April 1812)

The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812. (19. March 1812)