Timeline December 1812

Events in December 1812 3

• 1754 – 1812 Joel Barlow (1754-1812) Died 24 December 1812, aged 58 Joel Barlow was an American poet and diplomat best known for his epic poem "The Columbiad" and for serving as US minister to France. He died near Zarnowiec in Poland while traveling to meet Napoleon during the retreat from Russia. His death came amid the brutal winter conditions afflicting the collapsing French army.
• 1758 – 1812 Jean-Baptiste Eble (1758-1812) Died 31 December 1812, aged 54 Jean-Baptiste Eble was a French general of artillery and engineers whose pontoneers built the bridges across the Berezina River that saved the remnants of Napoleon's army during its retreat from Russia. He died of exhaustion and illness contracted during the campaign shortly after reaching safety. His bridging operation is remembered as one of the few successes of the disastrous retreat.
• 1812 Grimm's Fairy Tales first published Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm release the first volume of "Children's and Household Tales" On 20 December 1812 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of "Kinder- und Hausmarchen" in Berlin, collecting German folk tales gathered from oral storytellers. The collection grew through later editions into one of the most translated and widely read works of world literature. Stories such as "Cinderella," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Snow White" originate from it.