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This year in history
In the year 1812

	March 26th	A catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Caracas, Venezuela.
	April 30th	The Territory of Orleans became the 18th US state under the name Louisiana.
	June 18th	The United States declared war on Great Britain.
	July 12th	The United States invaded Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
	September 15th	The French army of Napoleon reached the Kremlin in Moscow. Though Napoleon had hoped that the taking of Moscow would ultimately bring him victory in his Russian campaign, it never did. The Russians, under the orders of Alexander I, had retreated past Moscow and had ordered the city burned. At the end of the campaign Napoleon retreated in defeat with approximately only 40,000 of his initial 650,000 soldiers.
	September 18th	A huge fire in the city of Moscow destroyed most of the city's housing and churches.

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