WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1812
Find out what all happened February to August 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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda. (11. August 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 U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. (1. 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)

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

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

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