June 1812 in History

Events in History

Jun 4 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

PM Robert Jenkinson

Jun 8 Robert Jenkinson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Spencer Perceval's assassination

British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham, drawing by John Heaviside Clark

Jun 18 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain

Battle of Beaver Dams

Jun 22 Upon learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura Secord walks 32 km to warn British troops, results in a British surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams

Napoleon Invades Russia

Jun 24 Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Armée numbering half a million begin their invasion of Russia by crossing the Nieman River

Birthdays in History

Jun 3 Pieter Mijer, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1866-72), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1881)
Jun 7 Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Clay County, Kentucky (d. 1902)
Jun 9 Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's solution), born in Lübeck (d. 1885)
Jun 9 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune), born in Radis, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1910)
Jun 12 Edmond Hébert, French geologist, born in Villefargau, Yonne, France (d. 1890)
Jun 14 Fernando Wood, American politician, New York City mayor (1855-58 and 1860-62), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1881)
Jun 18 Ivan Goncharov, Russian novelist (Oblomov), born in Simbirsk, Russia (d. 1891)
Jun 28 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1905)

Deaths in History

Jun 2 Jan William de Winter, Dutch admiral (commanded Dutch navy in Battle of Campertown), dies at 51
Jun 16 Franz Pforr, German painter and cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23