WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1809
Find out what all happened January to April 1809

Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria. (10. April 1809)

Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña. (16. January 1809)

Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars. (6. January 1809)

Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real. (27. March 1809)

Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. (20. April 1809)

Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom (11. April 1809)

London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. (24. February 1809)

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état. (13. March 1809)

Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl. (21. April 1809)

King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden. (29. March 1809)

Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin. (28. March 1809)

An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. (19. April 1809)

The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: the Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. (22. April 1809)

The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress. (3. February 1809)