Rulers:
• Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)
• James Madison, 4th President of the United States (1809-1817)
• Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain and the Indies (1808-1813)
• Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1804-1815)
• Napoléon I, King of Italy (1805-1814)
Events:
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen opened in Rouen.
Births:
• Gogol, Nikolai (1809-1852)
• Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
• Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
• Rouvière, Philibert (1809-1865)
• Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892)
Deaths:
• Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Art:
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Busto di Paride (1809)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Maddalena penitente (1808-09)
• David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825): Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour (1809)
• Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824): Le Sommeil des Paysans (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Chochas muertas (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): El Afilador (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Escena de disciplinantes (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Escena de guerra (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Fiesta popular bajo un puente (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Incendio de un hospital (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La Aguadora (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Majas al balcón (c.1808-12)
• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): London from Greenwich Park (1809)
• Turner, Joseph (1775-1851): The Leader Sea Piece (1809)