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| 1812 |
| | | After the death of Perceval, Lord Liverpool begins a 15-year spell as Britain's prime minister | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon launches an attack on his ally, the Russian tsar Alexander I, with an army of more than 600,000 men | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The French author Stendhal serves in the French army during the invasion of Russia | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Damage to US trade by British orders in council prompts war (the War of 1812) between the two nations | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The Spanish authorities recover control of Venezuela, ending the region's first brief spell of independence | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The Spanish Cortes in Cadiz produces a strikingly liberal new constitution for Spain | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The British capture Detroit in an early engagement of the War of 1812 | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The US frigate Constitution, affectionately known as 'Old Ironsides', wins successes against British warships in the Atlantic | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The Russian army under Marshal Kutuzov confronts the advancing French at Borodino, and though defeated makes a successful withdrawal | |
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| 1812 |
| | | After victory at Borodino, Napoleon enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and burning | |
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