3rd » Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost State Historic Site Pigeon Roost Massacre e.g Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
4th » War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
7th » French invasion of Russia : The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory.
13th » War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Siege of Fort Harrison named Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Siege of Fort Harrison Attacks at the Narrows e.g Attack at the Narrows.
15th » The French army under Napoleon reaches the Moscow Kremlin called Kremlin in Moscow.
15th » War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Siege of Fort Harrison called Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Battle of Fort Harrison Attacks at the Narrows or Attack at the Narrows.
16th » The Fire of Moscow (1812) or Fire of Moscow begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later.
18th » Fire of Moscow (1812) or The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1812
12th » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (d. 1878)
12th » Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (d. 1886)
18th » Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
Famous Deaths for September 1812
19th » Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
21st » Emanuel Schikaneder, German actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1751)