1809 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1809?
- February 17, 1809 – Miami University is chartered by the State of Ohio.
- March 13, 1809 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état.
- March 22, 1809 – Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
- March 27, 1809 – Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real.
- March 28, 1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
- March 29, 1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland’s four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
- April 11, 1809 – Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom
- April 19, 1809 – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.
- April 20, 1809 – Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.
- April 22, 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
- May 5, 1809 – The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
- May 17, 1809 – Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
- May 21, 1809 – The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
- May 25, 1809 – Chuquisaca Revolution: a group of patriots in Chuquisaca (modern day Sucre) revolt against the Spanish Empire, starting the South American Wars of Independence.
- July 5, 1809 – The Battle of Wagram, the largest of the Napoleonic Wars.
- July 6, 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram sees a French victory over the Austrian army in the largest battle yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
- July 28, 1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley’s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
- August 10, 1809 – Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
- November 18, 1809 – In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
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