February 1812

Sunday 02:

Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, along the California coast.

Friday 07:

The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.

Tuesday 11:

Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.

Thursday 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.