WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JUNE 1812
Find out what all happened April to June 1812

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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