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1809
 
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Napoleon, in response to his excommunication, has pope Pius VII arrested and kept in captivity in northern Italy and then France       
1809
 
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Napoleon enters Vienna and defeats the Austrians in a battle at nearby Wagram       
1809
 
    
French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck argues in Zoological Philosophy that creatures can inherit acquired characteristics       
1809
 
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Napoleon arranges to have his marriage to Josephine annulled so that he can marry the daughter of an emperor       
Josephine, drawing by Isabey 1798
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1809
 
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The Fulani establish a capital at Sokoto, from which they dominate the Hausa kingdoms of northern Nigeria        
1809
 
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John Moore dies at Corunna but his army escapes from Spain and gets back to England       
Burial of Sir John Moore, 19c print
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1809
 
    
Rival British politicians Lord Castlereagh and George Canning fight a duel in which Canning is wounded       
1810
 
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Napoleon marries the Austrian archduchess Marie Louise, daughter of the emperor Francis I       
1810
 
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The reforming party in Spain become known as the Liberales, in the first political use of the term Liberal     
1810
 
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Simón Bolívar, a young officer in Caracas, takes part in a coup which wins control of Venezuela from the Spanish