Fire of Moscow (1812) Timeline of Events

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Fire of Moscow (1812)

The 1812 Fire of Moscow broke out on September 14, 1812 in Moscow on the day when Russian troops and most residents abandoned the city and Napoleon's vanguard troops entered the city following the Battle of Borodino...

Timeline of Events

1812

9.14.1812

Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.

9.16.1812

The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins shortly after midnight and destroys three quarters of the city days later.

9.18.1812

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.