1809 in France

This page relates to the year 1809 Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

January 23rd: Napoleon returns from Spain.
January 28th: Disgrace of Talleyrand, implied in a plot against the emperor.
February 7th decree creating the Chamber of commerce of Dieppe
April 22nd: Victoire d' Eckmühl.
May 12th: Catch of Vienna.
May 22nd: Battle of Essling.
June 12th: Excommunication of Napoleon.
June 29th: First plot of the general Malet.
July 6th: Battle of Wagram.
August 26th: The pope refuses the canonical Investiture with the bishop S French.
December 15th: Senatus consult pronouncing the divorce of Napoleon and Joséphine de Beauharnais.

the number of refractory to the conscription increases. They form bands resisting the gendarmerie with the support of the population.

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