1812 in science

The year 1812 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Events

* February 7 - The last New Madrid Earthquake strikes New Madrid, Missouri, with an estimated moment magnitude of over 8.
* February 11 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering.
* February 12 - Napoleon authorised the usage of Mesures usuelles, the basis of the Metric System.
* February 27 - Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
* March 15 - Luddites attack wool processing factory of Frank Vickerman in West Yorkshire.
* March 26 - An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.

* May 25 - Felling mine disaster: Mine explosion at Felling colliery near Jarrow, England - 96 dead.
* August 19 - War of 1812: "USS Constitution" defeats the British frigate "Guerrière" off the coast of Nova Scotia. The British shot is said to have bounced off the "Constitution" 's sides, earning her the nickname "Old Ironsides".
* The Old Oscar Pepper Distillery (now the Labrot & Graham Distillery), the oldest Kentucky Bourbon distillery, is established along Glenn's Creek in Woodford County, Kentucky.

* Coffee is banned in Sweden.
* Cholera in Jessore, India.

Awards

* Copley Medal: Not awarded

Births

*June 9 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)

Deaths

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