- 1809 in France
"See also:"
1808 in France ,
other events of 1809,1810 in France .----
Events from the year
1809 inFrance .Events
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13 January - Battle of Uclés, French victory over Spanish.
*16 January -Battle of Corunna , inconclusive battle between British and French forces.
*8 February -Franz I of Austria declares war onFrance .
*20 February - Siege of Saragossa ends with French victory.
*25 February -Battle of Valls , French victory over Spanish forces.
*17 March - Battle of Villafranca, French garrison forced to surrender to Spanish.
*27 March -Battle of Ciudad-Real , French victory over Spanish forces.
*28 March -First Battle of Porto , French victory over Portuguese forces.
*28 March -Battle of Medellín , decisive French victory over Spain.
*11 April -Battle of the Basque Roads , naval battle, British attack on French fleet.
*16 April -Battle of Sacile , Austrian victory over French forces.
*19 April -Battle of Teugen-Hausen , French victory over Austria.
*19 April -Battle of Ratisbon begins.
*20 April -Battle of Abensberg , French victory overAustria .
*21 April - Battle of Landshut, French victory over Austria.
*21 April -Battle of Eckmühl begins.
*22 April - Battle of Eckmühl ends with victory for French over Austrian forces.
*23 April - Battle of Ratisbon ends with French victory over Austria.
*3 May -Battle of Ebersberg , French victory over Austria.
*6 May - Siege of Gerona begins as French fight to capture the Spanish garrison.
*7 May - Battle of Piave River begins.
*8 May - Battle of Piave River ends with victory for Franco-Italian forces over Austrian forces.
*10 May -Battle of Grijó begins.
*11 May - Battle of Grijó ends in Anglo-Portuguese victory over the French.
*12 May -Second Battle of Porto , Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces which retreat from the city.
*21 May -Battle of Aspern-Essling begins as Napoleon attempts a forced crossing of theDanube nearVienna .
*22 May - Battle of Aspern-Essling ends in defeat for Napoleon, the first time he had been personally defeated in over a decade.
*23 May -Battle of Alcañiz , Spanish victory over French.
*14 June -Battle of Raab , Franco-Italian victory over Austria.
*15 June -Battle of María , French victory over Spanish.
*5 July -Battle of Wagram begins.
*6 July - Battle of Wagram ends with French victory over Austria, effectively bringing theWar of the Fifth Coalition to an end.
*8 July -Battle of Gefrees , Austrian victory over French forces.
*12 July -Armistice of Znaim , ceasefire agreed, effectively ending hostilities between Austria and France in theWar of the Fifth Coalition .
*27 July -Battle of Talavera begins.
*28 July - Battle of Talavera ends, inconclusive battle between French and British forces.
*11 August -Battle of Almonacid , French victory over Spanish.
*14 October -Treaty of Schönbrunn , signed between France and Austria, who were defeated and had to cede territory.
*18 October -Battle of Tamamés , Spanish victory over French.
*19 November -Battle of Ocana , French inflicted upon the Spanish army it's greatest single defeat in thePeninsular War .
*26 November -Battle of Alba de Tormes , French army routed retreating Spanish army.
*12 December - Siege of Gerona ends as Spanish forced to capitulate by disease and famine.Births
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4 January -Louis Braille , teacher, inventor ofbraille (d.1852).
*15 January -Pierre-Joseph Proudhon , political philosopher (d.1865).
*23 March -Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin , painter (d.1864).
*24 March -Joseph Liouville , mathematician (d.1882).Full date unknown
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Napoléon Peyrat , author and historian (d.1881).Deaths
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27 March -Joseph-Marie Vien , painter (b.1716).
*31 May -Jean Lannes , General (mortally wounded in battle) (b.1769).
*6 July -Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle , Cavalry general (killed in battle) (b.1775).References
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