This 1812 timeline was one of our projects to help make history fun again. It was half abandoned when we started pre-production on our first feature film.
January
1st
Disorder: New Years Riots in Edinburgh.
2nd
Finance: The giant banking firm, Boldero, Lushington and Co. go bankrupt.
4th
Blackwattle Swamp: Snake Fights Wood Workers
7th
Prescient Prince Regent’s speech opens the parliament that shook the world.
12th
Technology: First steamboat journey across the Mississippi completed
16th
King of Sicily declares his heir to be “Vicar General”
18th
Parliamentarian Benjamin Walsh convicted of Fraud.
February
7th
Religion: Third of the “prophesied” New Madrid earthquakes hits the Mississippi.
27th
Disorder: Lord Byron’s defends the Luddites in his maiden maiden speech in Parliament.
March
5th
Publishing: John Galt’s “Cursory Reflections on Political and Commercial Topics, as connected with the Regent’s ascension to the Royal Authority.” Printed by C.J. Barrington, advertised in “The Morning Chronicle.”
6th
Censorship: Daniel Isaac Eaton tried for “Libel against the king’s crown and dignity.”
26th
Earthquake destroys Caracas. (Story: “Covered.”)
April
13th
Theatre: Marmion’s true origin discovered
29th
US Congress votes America’s first foreign aid, to Venezuela
May
11th
The British Prime Minister is assassinated
June
18th
The United States declares war on The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Video: Canadian and American viewpoints.
24th
Napoleon invades Russia (You could experience this and other rides at Napoleonland!)
July
27th
Two day anti-peace riots start in Baltimore, Maryland and turn deadly.
August
19th
USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere
20th
USA: National Day of Humiliation and Prayer. Sermons delivered throughout the country.
September
9th
The defenders of Fort Allison ask for help
November
9th
Mary and Joseph Anning’s fossil discovery uncovered and announced in the Western Flying post (adaptation, A Man of Science)
18th
The prison brig Emu‘s voyage to Australia is interrupted by The Holkar Privateer
December
20th
The Brothers Grimm publish their first book of Household Tales
2012 bicentennial events.
(Bicentennial events did not always occur on the actual anniversary.)
July
20th
Salamanca: 200th anniversary tour with The Cultural Experience (20th-23rd) (£1050 per person)
September
1st
Napoleon’s March to Moscow by The Cultural Experience (1-10)