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46 matches to 1812
Lawrence, James. 1781-1813. US naval commander in War of 1812. -“Don’t give up the ship!”
Lear, Edward. 1812-88. 1846 Book of Nonsense popularized limericks.
Louisiana. 1643 French LaSalle claims. 1719 Mississippi Company. 1762 England cedes to Spain. 1801 France (San Ildefonso Treaty). 1803 US purchase. 1812 18th State.
Lundy’s Lane, Battle. 1814. Canada defeats US invasion. War of 1812.
Malone, Edmund. 1741-1812. English Shakespearean scholar. Exposed W Ireland.
Malus, Étienne. 1775-1812. French physician. Discovered polarized light 1808.
Napoleon I, Bonaparte. 1769-1821. French general. Emperor of France by coup d’etat 1804-14. Disastrous Moscow campaign 1812. Defeated at Waterloo 1815. Exiled to St. Helena. Napoleonic Wars. Napoleonic Code. Hundred Days.
New Orleans, Battle. 1815 Andrew Jackson, unaware, devastates British 2 weeks after War of 1812 ends.
Old Ironsides. 1797. US frigate Constitution. Tripolitan War. War of 1812.
Perceval, Spencer. 1762-1812. Only British Prime Minister assassinated in office.
Porter, David. 1780-1843. US. Captured first British warship of 1812 war.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Rothschild, Meyer. 1744-1812. German banking family patriarch.
Russian Campaign. 1812. Napoleon’s march on Moscow. 10,000 of 100,000 return. Grande Armée.
Smolensk. Victories of Napoleon 1812, Germans 1941.
Sobrero, Ascanio. 1812-88. Italian. Nitroglycerine 1846.
Tecumseh. 1768-1813. American Shawnee Indian chief. Fought US in War of 1812.
Turner, Joseph. 1775-1851. English Romantic landscape painter. Original use of color. Reflections on water. Mature style more abstract. Snowstorm 1812. Rain, Speed, Smoke 1844.
Vanderlyn, John. 1775-1852. US Neoclassical artist. Ariadne 1812.
Walter, John. 1739-1812. English entrepreuner. Founded Times 1785. Jailed for libel.