Events from the year 1809 in France.
Incumbents Emperor – Napoleon I
Events 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 on France. 20 February - Second Siege of Zaragoza 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 over Austria. 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 Ebelsberg, French victory over Austria. 6 May - Third 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 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 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 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 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 Ocaña, 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 (died 1852) 15 January - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, political philosopher (died 1865) 20 January - Napoléon Peyrat, author and historian (died 1881) 23 March - Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, painter (died 1864) 24 March - Joseph Liouville, mathematician (died 1882) 27 June - François Certain de Canrobert, Marshal of France (died 1895) 8 November - Richard Hartmann, German engineering manufacturer (died 1878)
Deaths 27 March - Joseph-Marie Vien, painter (born 1716) 31 May - Jean Lannes, General (mortally wounded in battle) (born 1769) 6 July - Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Cavalry general (killed in battle) (born 1775)
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