Fire of Moscow

When

14 Sep 1812 – 18 Sep 1812

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

55.75° N, 37.63° E

Description

1812 fire in Moscow, Russia

Part of the French invasion of Russia

During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining civilians had abandoned the city on 14 September 1812 just ahead of French Emperor Napoleon's troops entering the city after the Battle of Borodino.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French invasion of Russia and Fire of Moscow: Napoleon's troops enter Moscow, which is deliberately set on fire by Muscovites, on orders of Fyodor Rostopchin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleon zieht kampflos in Moskau ein”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se produce el incendio de Moscú de 1812, que destruyó tres cuartas partes de la ciudad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “莫斯科大火後，法軍占領空城莫斯科。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page