1809

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814

Events

• February 11 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat.
• James Madison succeeds Thomas Jefferson as the President of the United States of America

Births

• Edgar Allen Poe, US writer
• February 12 - Abraham Lincoln, US president
• August 27 - Hannibal Hamlin, US politician

Deaths