What Happened In March 1809 - Historical Events 1809 March

Historical Events for March, 1809

27th » Peninsular War: A combined French First Empire called Franco-Duchy of Warsaw named Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real.
28th » Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.

15th » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (d. 1876)
15th » Karl Josef von Hefele, German bishop and theologian (d. 1893)
19th » Fredrik Pacius, German composer (d. 1891)
24th » Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author (d. 1837)
24th » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (d. 1882)
27th » Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1886)
27th » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French engineer (d. 1891)
31st » Edward FitzGerald (poet) or Edward FitzGerald, English poet (d. 1883)
31st » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian author and playwright (d. 1852)
31st » Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (d. 1864)