March 1812 in History

Events in History

Mar 26 Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people

Mar 1 Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
Mar 6 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
Mar 10 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
Mar 11 James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), (d. 1887)
Mar 16 Henry Dwight Terry, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1869)
Mar 20 George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
Mar 22 Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)