Explore 274 historical events from 1800–1809.
The Wahhabi sack of Karbala occurred on 21 April 1802, under the rule of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, the second ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah, where approximately 12,000 Wahh…
Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain du…
British contingents under Arthur Wellesley force a French army under general Soult to retreat in the battle of Oporto
The action of 21 April 1806 was a minor engagement between the French and British navies off the Cape Colony during the Napoleonic Wars. The Isle Bonaparte and Isle de France were …
Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa
The Finnish War was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a result of the war, t…
Finnish War: Swedish-Finnish troops, led by Captain Karl Wilhelm Malmi, conquer the city of Kuopio from Russians after t
Landshut is a town in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the river Isar. Landshut is the capital and the largest city of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative re…
Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to th
The Library of Congress is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the de facto national library of t…
The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 t
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan,, styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer. He was one of three men, along with Louis Nolan and Lord …
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888)
The French Empire, known retroactively as the First French Empire, and colloquially as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemon…
Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg
In the Battle of Aspern–Essling, Napoleon crossed the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were attacked and forced back across the river by the Austrians under Arch…
The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led
Caleb Blood Smith was a United States representative from Indiana, the 6th U.S. secretary of the interior and a district judge of the United States District Court for the District …
Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1864
Landshut is a town in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the river Isar. Landshut is the capital and the largest city of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative re…
Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to th
Mary Dixon Kies was an American inventor. On May 5, 1809, her patent for a new technique of weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats was signed by President James Madison.
Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U
The Duchy of Warsaw was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. It initially comprised the ethnically Polish lands ceded to Fra…
An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the
The French Empire, known retroactively as the First French Empire, and colloquially as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemon…
Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg
The Battle of Eckmühl fought on 21–22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition. Napoleon I had been unprepared for the s…
The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon a
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain du…
British contingents under Arthur Wellesley force a French army under general Soult to retreat in the battle of Oporto
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hu…
Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire
The Battle of Wagram was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian…
The Battle of Wagram between the French and Austrian Empires begins.
The Battle of Wagram was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian…
The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the…
Heinrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.
Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (died 1894)
In the Battle of Aspern–Essling, Napoleon crossed the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were attacked and forced back across the river by the Austrians under Arch…
The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led
In the Battle of Aspern–Essling, Napoleon crossed the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were attacked and forced back across the river by the Austrians under Arch…
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is defeated in a major bat
The Chuquisaca Revolution was a popular uprising on 25 May 1809 against Ramón García de León y Pizarro, Governor-intendant of the Intendancy of Chuquisaca. The Real Audiencia of Ch…
Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin Am
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the seat of government of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, it is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan…
The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz…
François-Xavier Garneau was a nineteenth-century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled His…
François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet and historian (died 1866)
Isaak August Dorner was a German Lutheran theologian. He served as a professor of theology at various institutions, including Tübingen, Kiel, Königsberg, Bonn, Göttingen, and Berli…
Isaak August Dorner, German theologian and academic (died 1884)
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Con…
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (died 1885)
Friedrich August von Quenstedt was a German geologist and palaeontologist.
Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (died 1889)
Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy was a Canadian socio-political activist and former Catholic priest who left the Catholic Church and converted to Protestant Christianity, becomi…
Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian (died 1899)
The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forc…
Peninsular War: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army repulse a French force led by Joseph…
Bernhard Peter Schott was a German clarinetist and music publisher. He founded the predecessor of Schott Music, a major German music publishing company which continues to this day.
Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (born 1748)
Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of aut…
Beilby Porteus, English bishop (born 1731)
Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger, also known as Leopold von Auenbrugger, was an Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of thi…
Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (born 1722)
Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was pivotal in the evolution of chamber music forms like the string quartet and piano trio. His contribution…
Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1732)