1812

1812 (MDCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1780s  1790s  1800s  – 1810s –  1820s  1830s  1840s
Years:	1809 1810 1811 – 1812 – 1813 1814 1815

1812 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1812 MDCCCXII
Ab urbe condita	2565
Armenian calendar	1261 ԹՎ ՌՄԿԱ
Assyrian calendar	6562
Balinese saka calendar	1733–1734
Bengali calendar	1219
Berber calendar	2762
British Regnal year	52 Geo. 3 – 53 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2356
Burmese calendar	1174
Byzantine calendar	7320–7321
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4508 or 4448     — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4509 or 4449
Coptic calendar	1528–1529
Discordian calendar	2978
Ethiopian calendar	1804–1805
Hebrew calendar	5572–5573
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1868–1869
- Shaka Samvat	1733–1734
- Kali Yuga	4912–4913
Holocene calendar	11812
Igbo calendar	812–813
Iranian calendar	1190–1191
Islamic calendar	1226–1227
Japanese calendar	Bunka 9 (文化９年)
Javanese calendar	1738–1739
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4145
Minguo calendar	100 before ROC 民前100年
Nanakshahi calendar	344
Thai solar calendar	2354–2355
Tibetan calendar	阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1938 or 1557 or 785     — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1939 or 1558 or 786

Events

• March 5 – Prussia and France sign the Treaty of Paris
• March 26 – The 1812 Caracas earthquake destroys Caracas in Venezuela.
• April 30 – Louisiana is admitted as the 18th U.S. state.
• June 18 – The War of 1812 between the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom begins.
• December 30 – Convention of Tauroggen is signed.
• The capital of Finland is moved from Turku to Helsinki.

Births

for more information, see Category:1812 births.

• February 12 – Charles Dickens

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1812 deaths.