1809 Events January–March January 5 - The Treaty of the Dardanelles , between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire , is concluded. January 10 - Peninsular War - French Marshal Jean Lannes begins the Siege of Zaragoza . January 16 - Peninsular War - Battle of Corunna in Galicia : The British resist an attempt by the French to prevent them embarking. February 3 - The Illinois Territory is created from western part of Indiana Territory . February 8 - Franz I of Austria declares war on France. February 11 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat in the United States. February 12 - Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln are born. February 17 - Miami University is established on the township of land required to be set aside for it, under the conditions of the Miami Purchase in 1794 . February 20 * United States v. Peters : Supreme Court of the United States rules that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state. * The Siege of Zaragoza ends as Jose Palafox surrenders. Over 60,000 have been killed, during the 60 day siege. February 25 - Battle of Valls: Spanish forces are defeated in Catalonia by Marshal Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr . February 27 - Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine . March 1 - The Embargo Act of 1807 is repealed in the United States; the Non-Intercourse Act replaces it. March 4 - James Madison is sworn in as the fourth President of the United States . March 13 - A military coup ousts Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ; he is confined in Gripsholm Castle . March 29 * At the Diet of Porvoo , Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia , commencing the secession of the future Grand Principality of Finland from Sweden . The Emperor, in return, promises to retain and uphold former laws and privileges, as well as the dominant Lutheran religion. His pledge is later interpreted by the Finns as a confirmation of constitutional laws , which had, effectively, established Finland as a separate state in real union with the Russia . * King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after the Coup of 1809 and is later exiled. * Peninsular War - ** First Battle of Porto: 18,000 Portuguese soldiers are drowned in a rout, after defeat by the French under Marshal Soult . ** Battle of Medellín at Extremadura: Massive Spanish casualties are suffered, in a rout by French cavalry, under Marshal Victor .April–June April 9 - Tiroleans rise , under the command of Andreas Hofer , against French and Bavarian occupation. April 10 - Napoleonic Wars - The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria . April 11-15 - Napoleonic Wars - Battle of the Basque Roads: The British Royal Navy defeats the French fleet in the mouth of the Charente , although officers on both sides face subsequent courts-martial . April 14 - Battle of Abensberg , Bavaria: Napoleon defeats Austria. April 18 - The 2,000 Guineas Stakes horse race is first run in England. April 19 - War of the Fifth Coalition - * Battle of Raszyn: The armies of the Austrian Empire are defeated by the Duchy of Warsaw . * Battle of Teugen-Hausen: The armies of the Austrian Empire are defeated by the French and their Bavarian allies. April 22 - Battle of Eckmühl: French troops under Napoleon I and Marshal Davout defeat the Austrians, under Archduke Charles . May 5 * Mary Kies is the first American woman to be awarded a patent . * The Swiss canton of Aargau declares Jews citizens. May 10 - Gustav IV Adolf is officially deposed from the Swedish throne, by the Riksdag of the Estates . May 10-11 - Peninsular War - Battle of Grijó: the Anglo-Portuguese Army , commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley , defeats the French army, commanded by Marshal Soult, in Portugal. May 12 - Peninsular War - Second Battle of Porto: The Anglo-Portuguese Army, commanded by Wellesley, drives the French army, commanded by Marshal Soult, out of Porto , and forces them to retreat from the country. May 17 - Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire. When he announces that the Pope's secular power has ended, the Pope excommunicates him. May 21 - Battle of Aspern-Essling: Austrian troops under Archduke Karl beat the French under Napoleon, in a hard-fought battle. May 24 - Dartmoor Prison opens in England, to house French prisoners of war . May 31 - Mauritius campaign of 1809–11 - Action of 31 May 1809 in the Bay of Bengal: The French frigate Caroline , operating from Isle de France, captures most of a British East India Company fleet. June 6 - Sweden promulgates a new Instrument of Government , which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates, after authoritarian rule since 1772 . On the same day, Duke Charles is elected King, under the name Charles XIII. June 7 - Shoja Shah of the Durrani Empire signs a treaty with the British; only weeks later, he is succeeded by Mahmud Shah . June 14 - A French victory, in the battle of Raab , prevents archduke John of Austria from bringing any significant force to the battle of Wagram .July–September July 5-6 - Battle of Wagram: Napoleon defeats the Austrians. July 6 - French troops arrest Pope Pius VII , and take him to Liguria . July 8-9 - Finnish War - Naval Battle of Porkala: The Swedish archipelago fleet defeats the Russians. July 10 - Battle of Znaim: French Marshal Marmont fights inconclusively against the Austrians. July 16 - The city of La Paz declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva , the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo . July 28 - Peninsula War - Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force. July 30 - Walcheren Campaign: A British invasion army lands on Walcheren. August - The is recommissioned as the flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. August 8 - Seventy disciples of Vilna Gaon arrive in Palestine . August 10 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain. August 11 - Battle of Almonacid de Toledo: A poorly led Spanish army is defeated by King Joseph Bonaparte's French army. September 17 - Finnish War: The Peace of Hamina is signed between Russia and Sweden. The future Grand Principality of Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn . September 18 - A new theatre for the Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in 1808 . The price increases lead to the Old Price Riots , which last for 64 days.October–December October 8 - Prince Klemens von Metternich becomes foreign minister of the Austrian Empire. October 11 - Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee , explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances, at an inn called Grinder's Stand. October 14 - The Treaty of Schönbrunn cedes the Illyrian Provinces to France. November 18 - Napoleonic Wars: Action of 18 November 1809 - In the Bay of Bengal , a French frigate squadron captures three East Indiamen mainly carrying recruits for the presidency armies . November 19 - Battle of Ocaña: A Spanish army is ridden down, and 4,000 are killed and wounded by French forces. November 25 - Benjamin Bathurst , a British diplomat , mysteriously disappears in Perleberg , west of Berlin. December - Boyd massacre: Whangaroa Māori people kill and eat 66 crew and passengers of the brigantine Boyd in New Zealand. December 25 - Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor. December 26 - A British invasion force leaves Vlissingen . December 30 - Wearing masks at balls is forbidden in Boston , Massachusetts .Date unknown William Combe begins publication of the verse Tour of Dr. Syntax in search of the Picturesque in Ackermann's Political Magazine , illustrated with cartoons by Thomas Rowlandson , depicting comic and ridiculous scenes involving a hapless country physician, and coming to represent British Regency humour. Louis Poinsot describes the two remaining Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra . Jean-Baptiste Lamarck publishes Philosophie Zoologique , outlining a concept of evolution , by acquisition or loss of inherited characteristics, through use or disuse. British recruits to the British East India Company are required to learn at least one Indian language fluently. Arorae an atoll of the Gilbert Islands was sighted by Captain John Patterson, on British brig Elizabeth .Births January–June January 1 - Cao Bá Quát , Vietnamese poet January 4 - Louis Braille , French teacher, inventor of braille January 6 - Marie Durocher , Brazilian obstetrician, physician January 15 * Cornelia Connelly , American founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus * Pierre-Joseph Proudhon , French anarchist January 19 - Edgar Allan Poe , American writer, poet January 21 - Queen Sinjeong , Korean regent February 3 - Felix Mendelssohn , German composer February 12 * Charles Darwin, British naturalist * Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States February 15 - Cyrus McCormick , American inventor February 23 - William Sprague , American minister and politician from Michigan February 24 - Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel , Prussian field marshal March 2 - Abel Douay , French general March 15 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts , 2-time President of Liberia March 24 - Joseph Liouville , French mathematician March 27 - Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French civic planner March 29 - Bettino Ricasoli , Italian statesman April 1 - Nikolai Gogol , Russian writer April 15 - Hermann Grassmann , Prussian mathematician April 20 - James David Forbes , Scottish physicist, geologist, inventor May 20 - Albert Newsam , American artist May 22 - Constantin A. Crețulescu, 7th Prime Minister of Romania May 23 - Hugo von Kirchbach , Prussian general June 4 * Columbus Delano , American statesman * John Henry Pratt , English clergyman and mathematician June 8 - Richard Wigginton Thompson , American politician June 11 - Juan Antonio Pezet , Peruvian general and politician, President of Peru June 18 - Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch , American minister, hymn writer June 20 - Isaak August Dorner , German theologian June 27 - François Certain de Canrobert , French general, Marshal of France July–December July 2 - John R. Goldsborough, United States Navy commodore July 9 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle , German-Jewish anatomist, physician July 16 - Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz , Prussian general July 31 - Francis Walker , English entomologist August 6 - Alfred, Lord Tennyson , British poet August 8 - Heinrich Abeken , German theologian August 27 - Hannibal Hamlin , 15th Vice President of the United States , American politician August 29 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr ., American physician, writer September 4 - Manuel Montt , 5th President of Chile September 12 - Julius von Bose , Prussian general September 27 - Raphael Semmes , American and Confederate naval officer October 22 - Volney E. Howard, American politician November 4 - Benjamin Robbins Curtis , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States November 10 - David Einhorn, German-American abolitionist November 20 - Gustav Koerner , German-born revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, statesman of Illinois and Germany, Colonel of the U.S. Army November 27 - Fanny Kemble , British-born American actress, writer December 5 - Edmond Le Bœuf , French general, Marshal of France December 24 - Kit Carson , American frontiersman December 29 - William Ewart Gladstone , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom December 30 - Wilhelm von Tümpling , Prussian generalDate unknown Ștefan Golescu , 8th Prime Minister of Romania Samuel Ajayi Crowther , 1st Black Anglican Bishop, pioneer linguist Henry K. Hoff, American admiral Esther Leach , English-Indian actressDeaths January–June January 6 - Johann Augustus Eberhard , German theologian, philosopher January 16 - John Moore , British general January 20 - Thomson J. Skinner, American politician February 6 - Antoine Joseph Santerre , French general February 20 - Richard Gough , English antiquary February 25 - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore March 7 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger , Austrian composer March 11 - Hannah Cowley , English dramatist, poet March 18 - Karoline Kaulla , German banker March 20 - Mary Bateman , English woman executed for murder, known as the Yorkshire Witch March 25 - Anna Seward , English writer March 27 - Joseph-Marie Vien , French painter April 6 * Hardy Murfree , American soldier * Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours , Swiss artist April 26 - Bernhard Schott , German music publisher May 13 - Beilby Porteus , English bishop, abolitionist May 17 - Leopold Auenbrugger , Austrian physician May 24 - Charles Rainsford , British general May 29 - Johannes von Müller , Swiss historian May 31 * Joseph Haydn , Austrian classical composer * Jean Lannes, French marshal June 4 - Nicolai Abildgaard , Danish painter June 8 - Thomas Paine , American revolutionary writer June 15 - Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet , British physician June 21 - Daniel Lambert , English gaol keeper and animal breeder, famous for his unusually large sizeJuly–December July 6 - Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French cavalry general July 22 - Jean Senebier , Swiss pastor, botanist August 8 - Ueda Akinari , Japanese author, scholar August 18 - Matthew Boulton , English manufacturer, engineer August 29 - Lucy Barnes , American writer September 1 - Johann Friedrich August Göttling , German chemist September 3 - George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry , English noble and politician September 7 - Caroline Schelling , German scholar October 8 - James Elphinston , Scottish philologist October 11 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer October 30 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom November 9 - Paul Sandby , English cartographer, painter November 28 - Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres , German lepidopterist December 16 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy , French chemist
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