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Timeline of the Napoleonic era

Timeline of the Napoleonic era

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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.

Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte
1000km
620miles
Waterloo
18
Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815
Saint-
Dizier
17
Battle of Brienne on 29 January 1814Battle of La Rothière on 1 February 1814Battle of Champaubert on 10 February 1814Battle of Montmirail on 11 February 1814Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) on 12 February 1814Battle of Vauchamps on 14 February 1814Battle of Mormant on 17 February 1814Battle of Montereau on 18 February 1814Battle of Craonne on 7 March 1814Battle of Laon from 9 to 10 March 1814Battle of Reims (1814) from 12 to 13 March 1814Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube from 20 to 21 March 1814Battle of Saint-Dizier on 26 March 1814
Leipzig
16
Battle of Lützen (1813) on 2 May 1813Battle of Bautzen (1813) from 20 to 21 May 1813Battle of Dresden from 26 to 27 August 1813Battle of Leipzig from 16 to 19 October 1813Battle of Hanau from 30 to 31 October 1813
Berezina
15
Battle of Berezina from 26 to 29 November 1812
Borodino
14
Battle of Vitebsk on 26 July 1812Battle of Smolensk on 16 August 1812Battle of Borodino on 7 September 1812
Wagram
13
Battle of Teugen-Hausenon 19 April 1809Battle of Abensbergon 20 April 1809Battle of Landshut (1809)on 21 April 1809Battle of Eckmühlfrom 21 to 22 April 1809Battle of Ratisbonon 23 April 1809Battle of Aspern-Esslingfrom 21 to 22 May 1809Battle of Wagramfrom 5 to 6 July 1809Battle of Znaimfrom 10–11 July 1809
Somosierra
12
Battle of Somosierra on 30 November 1808
Friedland
11
Battle of Czarnowo on 23 December 1806Battle of Eylau from 7 to 8 February 1807Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807
Jena
10
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt on 14 October 1806
Austerlitz
9
Battle of Ulm from 15 to 20 October 1805Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805
Marengo
8
Siege of Fort Bard from May 14 to June 1, 1800Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800
Cairo
7
Battle of Shubra Khit on 13 July 1798Battle of the Pyramids on 21 July 1798Battle of the Nile from 1 to 3 August 1798Revolt of Cairo from 21 to 22 October 1798Siege of El Arish from 8 to 20 February 1799Siege of Jaffa from 3 to 7 March 1799Siege of Acre (1799) from 20 March to 21 May 1799Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) on 16 April 1799Battle of Abukir (1799) on 25 July 1799
Malta
6
French invasion of Malta from 10 to 12 June 1798
5
Battle of Castiglione on 5 August 1796Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) from 27 August 1796 to 2 February 1797Battle of Rovereto on 4 September 1796Battle of Bassano on 8 September 1796Second Battle of Bassano on 6 November 1796Battle of Caldiero (1796) on 12 November 1796Battle of Arcole from 15 to 17 November 1796Battle of Rivoli from 14 to 15 January 1797Battle of Valvasone (1797) on 16 March 1797Battle of Tagliamento on 16 March 1797Battle of Tarvis (1797) from 21 to 23 March 1797
4
Battle of Montenotte from 11 to 12 April 1796Battle of Millesimo from 13 to 14 April 1796Second Battle of Dego from 14–15 April 1796Battle of Ceva on 16 April 1796Battle of Mondovì from 20 to 22 April 1796Battle of Fombio from 7 to 9 May 1796Battle of Lodi on 10 May 1796Battle of Borghetto on 30 May 1796Battle of Lonato from 3 to 4 August 1796
Paris
3
13 Vendémiaire on 5 October 1795
2
Second Battle of Saorgio (1794) from 24 to 28 April 1794
Toulon
1
Siege of Toulon (1793) from 29 August to 19 December 1793
  Napoleon as subordinate
  Napoleon in command

Early years

1769
1785
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
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
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

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
1801
1802
1803
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
1806
1807
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
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
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
1821
  • May 5: Napoleon dies

References

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

Further reading

  • 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
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