Timeline October 1809

Events in October 1809 2

• 1774 – 1809 Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) Died 11 October 1809, aged 35 American explorer who co-led the Lewis and Clark Expedition across the western United States to the Pacific coast. He died in Tennessee under disputed circumstances generally believed to be suicide, while serving as governor of Louisiana Territory.
• 1809 Treaty of Schönbrunn signed Austria cedes territory to end the War of the Fifth Coalition Austria and France signed the Treaty of Schönbrunn, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition on harsh terms for the Habsburgs. Austria ceded Salzburg, parts of Galicia, and Adriatic territories, and agreed to pay a large indemnity.