What happened in 1809?
164 recorded events in 1809, including 75 in wars & conflicts, 62 in people and 8 in economy & trade.
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Wars & Conflicts 75
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War of the Fifth Coalition
1809 conflict during the Napoléonic Wars
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Battle of Wagram
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Aspern-Essling
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Talavera
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Eckmühl
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Corunna
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Abensberg
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Raszyn
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Walcheren Campaign
1809 campaign during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Polish–Austrian War
1809 war during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Landshut
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Ratisbon
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Ocaña
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Sacile
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Teugen-Hausen
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Znaim
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Raab
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Piave River
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Medellín
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battles of Bergisel
1809 battles of the Tyrolean Rebellion
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Battle of Ebelsberg
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Almonacid
1809 battle of the Peninsular War
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Second Battle of Porto
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Čegar
1809 battle
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Siege of Girona
1809 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Alba de Tormes
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Uclés
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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First Battle of Porto
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Villafranca
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Arzobispo
1809 battle of the Peninsular War
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Battle of Cacabelos
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Braga
1809 battle
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Battle of Alcañiz
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Valls
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Ciudad-Real
1809 battle of the Peninsular War
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Battle of Caldiero
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Grijó
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Yevenes
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Ponte Sampaio
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Tarvis
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Sankt Michael
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Stralsund
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Castellón
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of the Bridge of Amarante
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Valle de Monterrey
1809 battle
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Battle of Miajadas
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Gefrees
1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Alcántara
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Carpio
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Puerto de Baños
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Hollabrunn
1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Tamames
1809 battle of the Peninsular War
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First Siege of Chaves
1809 siege during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Graz
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Ölper
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Ratan
1809 battle of Finnish War with Russia
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Battle of Belchite
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Linz-Urfahr
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of María
1809 battle during the Peninsular War
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Battle of Radzymin
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Wörgl
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Hörnefors
1809 battle of the Finnish War
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Combat of Korneuburg
1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Suvodol
1809 battle
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Combat of Stockerau
1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Gurkha-Sikh War
Small conflict between the forces of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Sikh Empire) and the Gurkha Army in 1809
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Battle of Kock
1809
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Burmese–Siamese War of 1809–12
1809-1812 war
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Battle of Skellefteå
1809 battle of the Finnish War
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Battle of Piteå
1809 battle of the Finnish War
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Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne
1809 battle between a French Navy squadron of three frigates and a larger British squadron of ships of the line.
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Combat of Schöngrabern
1809 combat during the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Halberstadt
1809 battle of the War of the Fifth Coalition
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Battle of Quilon
1809 battle in India
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Politics & Government 4
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Treaty of Schönbrunn
Peace treaty
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Treaty of Fredrikshamn
September 1809 peace treaty between Russia and Sweden
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Treaty of the Dardanelles
International treaty
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Treaty of Fort Wayne
1809 land treaty between the United States government and several Native American peoples
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People 62
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Meriwether Lewis died
American explorer (1774-1809)
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Vasily Chichagov died
Russian admiral (1726–1809)
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Matthew Boulton died
English manufacturer, industrialist, business partner of James Watt (1728–1809)
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Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy died
French chemist (1755-1809)
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Jean-Pierre Blanchard died
French inventor and aviation pioneer
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Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma died
French horticulturist (1736-1809)
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John Meares died
British navigator, explorer and fur trader
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August Ludwig von Schlözer died
German historian (1735–1809)
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François Laurent d'Arlandes died
French marquis (1742-1809)
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Jean Senebier died
Genevan botanist
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Charles-François Dupuis died
French scholar, scientist and politician (1742-1809)
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William Cruickshank died
British chemist and surgeon
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Tiberius Cavallo died
Italian physicist and natural philosopher (1749-1809)
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Hans Moritz von Brühl died
German diplomat and astronomer
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Pierre du Buat died
French hydraulic engineer
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Gottfried Christoph Beireis died
German physician and chemist (1730-1809)
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Johann Friedrich August Göttling died
German chemist
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Josiah Hornblower died
American politician (1729-1809)
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Robert Melville died
General and antiquarian (1723-1809)
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James Woodhouse died
American surgeon and chemist (1770-1809)
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Thomas Barker died
Meteorologist
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Ephraim Kibbey died
American explorer
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John Shields died
American explorer
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger died
Austrian music educator, composer and organist
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Johann Christian Kittel died
German organist and composer
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Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev died
Ukrainian rabbi
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Nikolai Sheremetev died
Russian noble, theatre patron and philanthropist (1751-1809)
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Johann Gottfried Eckard died
German pianist and composer
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Jean-Henri Gourgaud died
French actor (1746-1809)
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Jean-Baptiste Pitrot died
French ballet dancer and choreographer
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Angiolo Vestris died
France-Italian ballet dancer
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Joachim Daniel Preisler died
Danish actor (1755-1809)
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Abraham Lincoln born
Born in Sinking Spring Farm. President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865).
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Edgar Allan Poe born
Born in Boston. American writer and literary critic (1809–1849).
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Nikolai Gogol born
Born in Velyki Sorochyntsi. Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852).
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Felix Mendelssohn born
Born in Hamburg. German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847).
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Alfred Tennyson born
Born in Somersby. British Poet Laureate (1809–1892).
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon born
Born in Besançon. French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865).
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William Ewart Gladstone born
Born in Liverpool. British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898).
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Juliusz Słowacki born
Born in Kremenets. Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849).
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Oliver Wendell Holmes born
Born in Cambridge. American poet and physician (1809–1894).
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann born
Born in Paris. French official and politician (1809-1891).
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Hannibal Hamlin born
Born in Paris. Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1891).
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Bruno Bauer born
Born in Eisenberg. German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882).
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Khachatur Abovian born
Born in Kanaker. Armenian writer, activist, academic (1809-1848).
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Hermann Grassmann born
Born in Szczecin. German polymath, linguist and mathematician (1809–1877).
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Mariano José de Larra born
Born in Madrid. Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837).
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Ljudevit Gaj born
Born in Krapina. Croatian academic, writer and politician (1809–1872).
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Aleksey Koltsov born
Born in Voronezh. Russian poet (1809–1842).
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Edward FitzGerald born
Born in Bredfield House. English poet and translator (1809–1883).
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Kit Carson born
Born in Richmond. American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868).
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Heinrich Hoffmann born
Born in Frankfurt. German psychiatrist and children's writer.
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Juan Donoso Cortés born
Born in Valle de la Serena. Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat (1809-1853).
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Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan born
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Spanish general and statesman (1809–1867).
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Prince Albert of Prussia born
Born in Königsberg. Prussian colonel-general (1809-1872).
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Sterling Price born
Born in Prince Edward County. American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1809–1867).
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Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine born
Born in Darmstadt. Prince of Hesse and by Rhine and German general (1809-1877).
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William B. Travis born
Born in Saluda County. Alamo commander and defender (1809–1836).
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François Certain de Canrobert born
Born in Saint-Céré. French General, Marshal of France (1809–1895).
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Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel born
Born in Dresden. German general (1809–1885).
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Constantin von Alvensleben born
Born in Eichenbarleben. German general (1809–1892).
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Edmond Le Bœuf born
Born in Paris. Marshal of France (1809-1888).
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Science & Technology 3
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St. Petersburg State Transport University
Public university in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Hospital Militar de San Carlos
Hospital in Spain
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Jardin des plantes de La Rochelle
Garden in France
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Kalighat Kali Temple
Hindu temple in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
Former Catholic cathedral in New York City
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Economy & Trade 8
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Missouri Fur Company
19th-century fur trading company in Missouri
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Denby Pottery Company
British manufacturer of pottery
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Dillinger Hütte
German steel fabricator
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Harrild & Sons
British manufacturer of printing machinery and supplies
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North British and Mercantile Insurance
North British and Mercantile Insurance (Economy & Trade).
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Bybee Pottery
Pottery company in Kentucky, US
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Losh, Wilson and Bell
British manufacturing company
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Mechanics National Bank
Former bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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La Paz Revolution
1809 revolt in La Paz, Rio de la Plata
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Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution
Revolution in Iceland
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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Park Street Church
Church in Boston, Massachusetts
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Tørdal Church
Church building in Drangedal, Eastern Norway
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Beneficent Congregational Church
Church building in Rhode Island, United States of America
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Christ Church Guilford
Church building in Maryland, United States of America
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Malmö Teater
Former theater in Malmö, Sweden
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Empires & Countries 3
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Grand Duchy of Finland founded
Grand Duchy of Finland was founded, with its capital at Helsinki.
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Saxe-Eisenach dissolved
Saxe-Eisenach ceased to exist, having been centered at Eisenach.
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Adamawa Emirate founded
Adamawa Emirate was founded, with its capital at Yola.
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