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1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1809th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 809th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1800s decade.
February 20 – A decision by the Supreme Court of the United States states that the power of the federal government is greater than any individual state. March 1. Non-Intercourse Act passed to replace the Embargo Act of 1807. Illinois Territory is effective. March 4 – James Madison is sworn in as the fourth president of the United States ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Treaty of Amritsar, (April 25, 1809), pact concluded between Charles T. Metcalfe, representing the British East India Company, and Ranjit Singh, head of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab. The treaty settled Indo-Sikh relations for a generation. The immediate occasion was the French threat to northwestern.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
March 4, 1801: Thomas Jefferson Inaugurated After a Republican victory in the election of 1800, Jefferson becomes the nation's third president. February 1803: John Marshall Delivers his Decision in Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall decrees that the Judiciary Act of 1789 is unconstitutional in its affirmation of the right ...
1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1809th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 809th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1800s decade. As of the start of 1809, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ...
“At the turn of the nineteenth century, France is governed by Napoleon as First Consul. As emperor, Napoleon sanctions the Neoclassical style, embodied in the art of Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825). Meanwhile, the seeds of Romanticism—sown here and elsewhere in Europe by contemporary writers, poets, and philosophers—give rise to an aesthetic that exalts emotion, nature, and the sublime ...
