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| 1 | 1812 | - 1812: France - Georges Cuvier, in Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe, maintained the stratigraphic succession proved that fossils occur in the chronological order of creation: fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
- 1812: UK - Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated in the House of Commons by a disgruntled bankrupt
- 1812: Russia - Napoleon attacks Russia, defeated
- 1812: London, UK - Cylinder Printing press invented and adopted by The Times
- 1812: USA - War of 1812: United States vs Great Britain 1812-1815.
- 1812: US/UK/FR - The Americans gain several victories, on the water, as Napoleon engages the British attention.
- 1812: CA/US - The United States calls out 175,000 men, Canada 2,000.
- 1812: NL - Tocht naar Rusland.
- 18 Jun 1812: CA/US/UK - The U.S. declares war on Britain, beginning the War of 1812. There are but 4,000 British troops in Canada. Sir George Prevost is Governor. Four Canadian battalions are assembled, and the Citadel at Quebec is guarded by the inhabitants.
- 11 Jul 1812: CA/US - Americans under General William Hull invade Canada from Detroit.
- 16 Aug 1812: CA/US - Sir Isaac Brock with a force of 1,350, nearly half Indians, takes Detroit. He paroles many of Hull's 2,000.
- 20 Aug 1812: CA - Launch of John Molson's second steamboat, the Swiftsure, at Montreal.
- Oct 1812: CA/US - Almost half of Vermont's Legislators regard war as needless and impolitic; but Vermont imposes a penalty of $1,000 for every unauthorized communication with Canadians.
- 13 Oct 1812: CA/US - Stephen Van Rensselaer's command is repulsed, on Queenston Heights by Gen. Sheaffe and Governor Brock, who is killed. Of the 10,000 under Van Rensselaer, many were unwilling to invade, though willing to defend the United States.
- 13 Oct 1812: CA/US - Fighting on the same side as British militia and Mohawk Indians, a group of black soldiers helps force American invaders to retreat in the Battle of Queenston Heights.
- 25 Oct 1812: CA/US - Battle at St. Regis.
- 20 Nov 1812: CA/US - Henry Dearborn's command cross the Lacolle. Charles de Salaberry eludes them, and, in the haze, U.S. troops fire upon each other.
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