WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1809
Find out what all happened July to December 1809

Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand. (11. October 1809)

Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte. (28. July 1809)

Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810. (10. August 1809)

Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor. (25. December 1809)

The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. (16. July 1809)

The Royal Opera House in London opens. (18. September 1809)

The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars. (6. July 1809)

Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. (17. September 1809)

In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal. (18. November 1809)

The Battle of Wagram is fought. (5. July 1809)