What Happened in April 1809

Historical Events

Apr 20 Napoleon I and French forces defeat Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria

Apr 22 Battle of Eckmühl: Napoleon's French and Bavarian force defeats the Austrians under the Archduke Charles at Eggmühl, Bavaria. Gives Napoleon the strategic initiative for the rest of the War of the Fifth Coalition.

Apr 1 Willem Ruys, Dutch ship owner and founder of Rotterdam Lloyd (Nedlloyd), born in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands (d. 1889)
Apr 4 Benjamin Pierce, American mathematician and astronomer (Peirce's criterion for outliers), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1880)
Apr 14 George Willem Vreede, Dutch lawyer and politician, born in Tilburg, Netherlands (d. 1880)
Apr 15 Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician, born in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)
Apr 17 Philip St. George Cocke, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Bremo Bluff, Virginia (d. 1861)
Apr 20 John S. Preston, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Abingdon, Virginia (d. 1881)
Apr 21 Robert M. T. Hunter, American lawyer and politician (2nd Confederate States Secretary of State), born in Loretto, Virginia (d. 1887)
Apr 23 Eugene-Prosper Prevost, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1872)