Timeline of the Napoleonic era

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Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Waterloo

Saint-
Dizier

Leipzig

Berezina

Borodino

Wagram

Somosierra

Friedland

Jena

Austerlitz

Marengo

Cairo

Malta

Paris

Toulon

Napoleon as subordinate

Napoleon in command

Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Family

* Wives
* Joséphine de Beauharnais
* Marie Louise
* Children
* Charles Léon
* Alexandre Walewski
* Napoleon II
* Parents
* Carlo Maria Buonaparte
* Letizia Ramolino
* Brothers
* Joseph
* Lucien
* Louis
* Jérôme
* Sisters
* Caroline
* Pauline
* Elisa

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Life and career

* Timeline
* First French Empire
* Client states
* Coup of 18 Brumaire
* Consulate
* Assassination attempts
* Constitutions
* 1799
* 1802
* 1804
* 1815
* Napoleonic Wars
* Coronation
* Sale of Louisiana
* Planned invasion of the United Kingdom
* Holland
* Mesures usuelles
* Looting of art
* Tactics
* Weaponry and warfare
* 1st abdication
* 1st exile
* Route Napoléon
* 2nd abdication
* Death
* mask

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Battles and wars

French Revolutionary Wars

* War of the First Coalition

* French Revolution
* Siege of Toulon
* 13 Vendémiaire
* Italian Campaign of 1796-1797
* Montenotte Campaign
* Battle of Lodi
* Battle of Castiglione
* Battle of Bassano
* Battle of Arcole
* Battle of Rivoli
* Siege of Mantua
* Fall of Venice
* French campaign in Egypt and Syria

* Battle of the Pyramids
* Battle of Mount Tabor
* Siege of Acre
* Battle of Aboukir
* War of the Second Coalition

* Marengo campaign
* Battle of Marengo

Napoleonic Wars

* War of the Third Coalition

* Ulm Campaign
* Battle of Ulm
* Battle of Austerlitz
* War of the Fourth Coalition

* Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
* Greater Poland Uprising
* Battle of Eylau
* Battle of Friedland
* Peninsular War

* Battle of Somosierra
* War of the Fifth Coalition

* Battle of Eckmühl
* Battle of Aspern-Essling
* Battle of Wagram
* French invasion of Russia

* Battle of Smolensk
* Battle of Borodino
* Battle of the Berezina
* War of the Sixth Coalition

* German campaign of 1813
* Battle of Lützen
* Battle of Bautzen
* Battle of Dresden
* Battle of Leipzig
* Campaign of France
* Battle of La Rothière
* Six Days' Campaign
* Battle of Vauchamps
* Battle of Montereau
* Battle of Laon
* Battle of Reims
* Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
* Hundred Days

* Waterloo campaign
* Battle of Ligny
* Battle of Waterloo

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Views

* Catholic Church
* Concordat of 1801
* Tiara
* Jewish people
* Grand Sanhedrin
* Infamous Decree
* Protestants
* Organic Articles
* Slavery
* Law of 20 May 1802
* Saint-Domingue expedition

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Homes and honours

* Equestrian statue
* Palace of Fontainebleau
* Les Invalides
* Longwood House
* Maison Bonaparte
* Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
* Milan
* Warsaw monument

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Legacy

* Egyptology
* Rosetta Stone
* Mémoires sur l'Égypte
* Description de l'Égypte
* Institut d'Égypte
* Bank of France
* French Prefecture System
* Legion of Honour
* Napoleonic Code
* Coinage
* Public works
* Pont d'Iéna
* Simplon Pass
* Arc de Triomphe
* Column of the Grande Armée
* Rue de la Victoire
* Cultural depictions
* Propaganda
* Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
* Valentin Vodnik
* Pan Tadeusz
* War and Peace
* Crime and Punishment
* Napoleon complex
* "Red Napoleon" term
* German Romanticism
* Bonapartism
* "China is a sleeping giant" quote
* Tomb
* Retour des cendres
* Penis
* Studies

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## Early years

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1769

* August 15: Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica

1785

* October 28: Napoleon graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
* November 3: Stationed in Valence

1793

* December 22: For his brilliant tactical command (although a subordinate officer, he was widely credited for the victory) at an internal French Siege of Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general

1794

* August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre.

1795

* October: Royalist 13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon. Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior
* October 15: At the home of Paul Barras, a Directory member, Napoleon meets Rose de Beauharnais (Joséphine)
* 2 November: The French Directory (in French: "le Directoire") was established

1796

* March 2: Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
* March 11: Italian campaign against Austria begins
* May 10: Napoleon wins the Battle of Lodi
* November 17: Napoleon wins the Battle of Arcole

1797

* January 14: Napoleon wins the Battle of Rivoli
* October 17: Treaty of Campo Formio with Austria
* December 5: Napoleon returns to Paris as a hero

1798

* May 19: Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign with an army of 38,000
* July 21: Wins Battle of the Pyramids against Mamelukes in Egypt
* July 24: Fall of Cairo
* August 3: Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication

## Napoleonic era

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1799

* August 23: Receiving news of turmoil in France, Napoleon relinquishes command in Egypt to Kléber and returns to Paris, a so-called Coup d’état
* November 9–10: Coup of 18 Brumaire Napoleon overthrows the Directory
* December 12: Napoleon elected First Consul of the Consulate

1800

* June 14: Battle of Marengo
* December 24: Napoleon escapes an assassination attempt

1801

* February 9: Treaty with Austria signed at Lunéville, Treaty of Lunéville
* July 8: Battle of Algeciras
* July 15: Concordat of 1801

1802

* March 25: Treaty of Amiens
* May 1: Napoleon restructures the French educational system
* May 19: Légion d'honneur established
* August 2: New constitution adopted, plebiscite confirms Napoleon as First Consul for life

1803

* May 3: Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.
* May 18: Britain declares war on France
* May 26: France invades Hanover

1804

* March 21: Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Napoleon Code)
* May 18: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of the French by the Senate
* December 2: Napoleon crowns himself emperor, in the company of the Pope

1805

* October 19: Battle of Ulm
* October 21: Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Lord Nelson killed
* October 30: Battle of Caldiero
* December 2: Battle of Austerlitz

1806

* March 30: Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
* July 12: Confederation of the Rhine established with Napoleon as Protector. Initially had 16 member states, later others were added, including kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia
* August 6: Holy Roman Empire abolished
* September 15: Prussia joins Britain and Russia against Napoleon
* October 14: Battle of Jena and Battle of Auerstadt
* November 21: The Berlin Decree (1806), which initiated the Continental System was issued

1807

* February 8: Battle of Eylau
* June 14: Battle of Friedland
* June 25: Treaty of Tilsit signed between Russia and France
* October 27: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) secretly agreed between Napoleon and Spain to partition Portugal

1808

* March 17: Imperial University established
* May 2: Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising
* May 3: Napoleon's soldiers retaliate for uprising by brutally executing Spanish citizens (famously depicted in Goya's The Third of May 1808)
* July 7: Joseph crowned King of Spain after Portugal revolts against the Continental System/blockade Napoleon had put in place. Napoleon collected five armies to advance into Portugal and 'bullied' the Spanish royal family into resigning
* Peninsular War
* July 16–19: Battle of Bailén

1809

* April 19: Battle of Raszyn
* May 22: Battle of Aspern-Essling; first defeat of Napoleon in 10 years
* July 5–6: Battle of Wagram; success for Napoleon, Austria loses territory and must enforce the Continental System
* July 27-28: Battle of Talavera
* October 14: Treaty of Schönbrunn signed
* December 14: Public announcement of Napoleon's divorce from Joséphine

1810

* March 11: Napoleon marries Marie Louise of Austria by proxy in Vienna
* April 1: Napoleon officially marries Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma in Paris

1811

* March 20: Napoleon II, Napoleon's son born, styled as the King of Rome

1812

* July 22: Battle of Salamanca
* August 4–6: Battle of Smolensk
* September 1: Moscow evacuated
* September 7: Battle of Borodino
* September 14: Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers great losses
* October 19: Beginning of the Great Retreat from Moscow
* October 24: Battle of Maloyaroslavets
* November: Crossing of the River Berezina
* December: Grande Armée expelled from Russia

1813

* April 2: Battle of Lüneburg
* May 2: Battle of Lützen
* May 20–21: Battle of Bautzen
* May 26: Battle of Haynau
* June 4–26: Armistice of Poischwitz
* June 21: Battle of Vitoria
* August 15: Siege of Danzig
* August 23: Battle of Großbeeren
* August 26–27: Battle of Dresden
* August 26: Battle of Katzbach
* August 27: Battle of Hagelberg
* August 29–30: Battle of Kulm
* August 31: Battle of San Marcial
* September 6: Battle of Dennewitz
* September 16: Battle of the Göhrde
* September 28: Battle of Altenburg
* October 3: Battle of Wartenburg
* October 7: Battle of the Bidassoa
* October 14: Battle of Liebertwolkwitz
* October 16–19: Battle of Leipzig
* October 30–31: Battle of Hanau
* November 10: Battle of Nivelle
* October 31: End of the Siege of Pamplona
* December 7: Battle of Bornhöved
* December 9–13: Battles of the Nive
* December 10: Battle of Sehested

1814

* February 10–14: Six Days Campaign
* February 15: Battle of Garris
* February 27: Battle of Orthez
* April 10: Battle of Toulouse
* March 30–31: Battle of Paris
* April 4: Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
* April 11: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) Napoleon agrees to exile in Elba, the allies agree to pay his family a pension
* April 14: Battle of Bayonne
* May 4: Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna

1815

Main article: Hundred Days § Timeline

See also: Diplomatic timeline for 1815

* February 26: Napoleon escapes from Elba
* March 20: Napoleon arrives in Paris

Beginning of the Hundred Days

* June 16: Battle of Ligny
* June 18: Napoleon is defeated in the Battle of Waterloo
* June 28: Second restoration of Louis XVIII
* October 16: Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
* November 20: Treaty of Paris (1815)

1821

* May 5: Napoleon dies

## References

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* Jack Allen Meyer (1987). An Annotated Bibliography of the Napoleonic Era: Recent Publications, 1945-1985 ISBN 0-313-24901-6

## Further reading

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* William Leonard Langer & Peter N. Stearns. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically, Edition: 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 ISBN 0-395-65237-5, ISBN 978-0-395-65237-4 Chapter "The Napoleonic Period, 1799-1815", pp. 435-441

## External links

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* Napoleon's itinerary day by day

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Napoleon

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* First French Empire

Family|

* Wives: Joséphine de Beauharnais
* Marie Louise
* Children: Charles Léon
* Alexandre Walewski
* Napoleon II
* Father: Carlo Maria Buonaparte
* Mother: Letizia Ramolino
* Brothers: Joseph Bonaparte
* Lucien Bonaparte
* Louis Bonaparte
* Jérôme Bonaparte
* Sisters: Caroline Bonaparte
* Pauline Bonaparte
* Elisa Bonaparte

Life and career|

* Stay in Auxonne [fr]
* Coup of 18 Brumaire
* Consulate
* Assassination attempts
* Le souper de Beaucaire
* Constitutions
* 1799
* 1802
* 1804
* 1815
* Napoleonic Wars
* Coronation
* Sale of Louisiana
* Planned invasion of the United Kingdom
* Holland
* Mesures usuelles
* Looting of art
* Tactics
* Weaponry and warfare
* 1st abdication
* 1st exile
* Route Napoléon
* 2nd abdication
* 2nd exile
* Death [fr]
* mask

Battles and wars|

* French Revolutionary Wars
* Siege of Toulon
* French Revolution
* 13 Vendémiaire
* Battle of Lodi
* Battle of Bassano
* Battle of Rivoli
* French campaign in Egypt and Syria
* Battle of the Pyramids
* Siege of Jaffa
* Battle of Marengo
* War of the Third Coalition
* Battle of Austerlitz
* War of the Fourth Coalition
* Battle of Eylau
* War of the Fifth Coalition
* Battle of Eckmühl
* French invasion of Russia
* Battle of Borodino
* War of the Sixth Coalition
* Battle of Leipzig
* Battle of Vauchamps
* Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
* Hundred Days
* Battle of Ligny
* Battle of Waterloo

Views|

* Catholic Church
* Concordat of 1801
* Tiara
* Jewish people
* Grand Sanhedrin
* Infamous Decree
* Protestants
* Organic Articles
* Slavery
* Law of 20 May 1802
* Saint-Domingue expedition
* Women [fr]

Homes and honours|

* Arc de Triomphe
* Column of the Grande Armée
* Equestrian statue
* Palace of Fontainebleau
* Les Invalides
* Longwood House
* Maison Bonaparte
* Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
* Milan
* Rue de la Victoire
* Warsaw monument

Legacy and memory|

* Bank of France
* Bonapartism
* Cultural depictions
* Napoleon complex
* "China is a sleeping giant" quote
* German Romanticism
* Napoleonic Code
* Propaganda
* Tomb
* Retour des cendres
* Penis
* Studies
* Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)

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