WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1812
Find out what all happened May to December 1812

The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle. (29. December 1812)

War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa. (17. December 1812)

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

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

The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. (14. December 1812)

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

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

War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek. (22. November 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)

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)

The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire. (18. September 1812)

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

War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago, Illinois. (15. August 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)

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

24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. (3. 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 Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire. (4. September 1812)