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Germany in 1812

Historical records for Germany in 1812, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Named people
2Places
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Historical records

February

24 February 1812Alliance Prussia and FranceFrederick William III

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Prussia allows for the free passage of French troops against Russia

September

8 September 1812Battle of BorodinoLevin August Gottlieb Theophil von Bennigsen

Borodino · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Commands the Russian centre at Borodino

Other Events

1812Battle of TarutinoLevin August Gottlieb Theophil von Bennigsen

Tarutino · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Defeats Murat

1812GovernorFriedrich Wilhelm Bulow von Freiherr

Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Governor General of east & west Prussia

Names involved

Frederick William IIIFriedrich Wilhelm Bulow von FreiherrLevin August Gottlieb Theophil von Bennigsen

Places involved

BorodinoTarutino

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.