1809

This page lists news articles and events for the year 1809.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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The Napoleonic Wars were in full swing, and the political landscape of Europe was in great tumult this year. For greater detail than what is listed below, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809 Only events most notable for gaming purposes were included in the list below.

Undated

January

• January 19:
  • Event: Birth of Edgar Allen Poe.

February

• February 8:
  • Event: Austria declares war on France.
• February 12:
  • Event: Birth of Charles Darwin.
  • Event: Birth of Abraham Lincoln.
• February 20:
  • Event: U.S. Supreme Court rules the power of the Federal Government trumps that of any single State.

March

• March 13
  • Event: A military coup removes the King of Sweden, and confines him to Gripsholm Castle.

April

• The French (and their allies The Duchy of Warsaw), under Napoleon Bonaparte, defeat Austria in a series of battles on the 14th, 19th, and 22nd of April.

May

• May 17
  • Event: Napoleon Bonaparte orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
  • Event: The Pope excommunicates Napoleon.

June

July

• July 6:
  • Event: French troops arrest the Pope.

August

• August 6:
  • Event: Birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

September

October

November

• November 25:
  • Event: British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst vanishes in Perleburg, Germany. Witnesses report seeing him "walk around the horses" and disappear.

December

• December 30
  • Event: Wearing masks at balls is forbidden by law in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.