See also: 1808 in France, other events of 1809, 1810 in France.

Events from the year 1809 in France.

Events

• 13 January - Battle of Ucl s, French victory over Spanish.
• 16 January - Battle of Corunna, inconclusive battle between British and French forces.
• 8 February - Franz I of Austria declares war on France.
• 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 Medell n, 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 over Austria.
• 21 April - Battle of Landshut, French victory over Austria.
• 21 April - Battle of Eckm hl begins.
• 22 April - Battle of Eckm hl 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 Grij begins.
• 11 May - Battle of Grij 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 the Danube near Vienna.
• 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 Alca iz, Spanish victory over French.
• 14 June - Battle of Raab, Franco-Italian victory over Austria.
• 15 June - Battle of Mar a, French victory over Spanish.
• 5 July - Battle of Wagram begins.
• 6 July - Battle of Wagram ends with French victory over Austria, effectively bringing the War 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 the War 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 Sch nbrunn, signed between France and Austria, who were defeated and had to cede territory.
• 18 October - Battle of Tamam s, Spanish victory over French.
• 19 November - Battle of Ocana, French inflicted upon the Spanish army its greatest single defeat in the Peninsular 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

• 4 January - Louis Braille, teacher, inventor of braille (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

• Napol on Peyrat, author and historian (d.1881).

Deaths

• 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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