1807-9

Updated: June 3, 2025

Never in all the long history of their riots was their record for the years 1807-9 equalled or even approached. Never before, also, had the provinces been so utterly out of hand. This was the era of Jezzar the Butcher at Acre, of the rise of Mehemet Ali in Egypt, of Ali Pasha in Epirus, and of Pasvanoghlu at Vidin.

Nevill Forbes - The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey

During the years 1807-9 he paid various visits to the Lakes, and in the latter year he settled at Townend, Grasmere, where Wordsworth had previously lived. Here he pursued his studies, becoming gradually more and more enslaved by opium, until in 1813 he was taking from 8000 to 12,000 drops daily. His marriage to Margaret Simpson, dau. of a farmer, took place in 1816.

John W. (John William) Cousin - A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Reise door Frankryk. Door Van der Willigen. Haarlem, 8vo. Reisen durch die Sudlichen, Westlichen und Nordlichen, Provinzen. Von Frankreich. 1807-9. und 1815. Frank. 2 vols. 8vo. 1816. French literature, the Spanish revolution in 1808, and the Basque language, are chiefly treated of.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 : Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and : Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth : Century, By William Stevenson