Timeline May 1812

Events in May 1812 2

• 1812 Assassination of Spencer Perceval Only British prime minister ever assassinated, shot in the House of Commons lobby On 11 May 1812 Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a merchant with a grievance against the government. He remains the only British prime minister to have been assassinated. Bellingham was tried and hanged within a week of the killing.
• 1812 Treaty of Bucharest signed Russia and the Ottoman Empire end the Russo-Turkish War Signed on 28 May 1812, the Treaty of Bucharest ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, with the Ottoman Empire ceding Bessarabia to Russia. The settlement freed Russian forces weeks before Napoleon's invasion, allowing them to be redeployed against France. The treaty also granted autonomy to the Serbian principality.