Historical eventApril 191809

War of the Fifth Coalition

War of the Fifth Coalition: French general Louis-Nicolas Davout defeated an Austrian force in Lower Bavaria, allowing him to rejoin the main French army.

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When
Wednesday, April 19 1809217 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
19th century · 1800s
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At a glance

Dates: 1809-04-10 – 1809-10-14.

Place: Central Europe.

Type: war.

What came before

Part of: Coalition Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Background In 1809, Europe was embroiled in warfare, pitting France against a series of coalitions in the Coalition Wars almost continuously since 1792. A brief period of peace followed the March 1802 Treaty of Amiens before Anglo-French relations deteriorated, leading to the War of the Third Coalition in May 1803. [ 1 ] Britain was joined in their coalition by Sweden in 1804 and Russia and Austria in 1805. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In August 1805,

What happened

The War of the Fifth Coalition was a European conflict in 1809 that was part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars. The main conflict took place in Central Europe between the Austrian Empire of Francis I and Napoleon's French Empire. The French were supported by their client states—the Kingdom of Italy, the Confederation of the Rhine and the Duchy of Warsaw. Austria was supported by the Fifth Coalition which included the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, and the Kingdoms of Sardinia and Sicily,

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April 19 1809 — 217 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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