Timeline April 1809

Events in April 1809 2

• 1809 Battle of Eckmühl Napoleon defeats the Austrian army in Bavaria Napoleon and Marshal Davout routed the Austrian army of Archduke Charles near Eckmühl in Bavaria, forcing an Austrian retreat toward Vienna. The victory was a turning point early in the War of the Fifth Coalition.
• 1809 Treaty of Amritsar signed British East India Company and the Sikh Empire fix the Sutlej boundary The treaty established the Sutlej River as the boundary between Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sikh Empire and British-controlled territory in India. It confirmed British protection over Sikh chiefs south of the river and secured peace between the two powers for decades.