Timeline of the Napoleonic era
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[edit] 1799
- November 9-10: Napoleon overthrows the Directory.
- December 12: Napoleon elected First Consul of the directory.
[edit] 1800
- June 14: Battle of Marengo.
[edit] 1801
- February 9: Treaty of Lunéville.
- Concordant of 1801.
- July 8: Battle of Algeciras.
[edit] 1802
[edit] 1804
- May: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor by the Senate.
- December 2: Napoleon crowns himself Emperor.
[edit] 1805
- Lord Admiral Nelson Killed.
[edit] 1806
- October 14: Battle of Jena
- October 14: Battle of Auerstadt.
- November 21: The Berlin Decree (1806), which initiated the Contiental System was issued.
[edit] 1807
- February 8: Battle of Eylau.
- June 14: Battle of Friedland.
- June 25: Treaty of Tilsit signed between Russia and France.
[edit] 1808
- May 2: Spanish people rose up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo.
- July 7: Joseph crowned King of Spain.
[edit] 1809
- July 5-6: Battle of Wagram.
- April 19: Battle of Raszyn.
- May 22: Battle of Aspern-Essling.
- October 14: Treaty of Schönbrunn signed.
[edit] 1812
- August 4-6: Battle of Smolensk.
- September 1: Moscow evacuated.
- September 7, 1812: Battle of Borodino.
- September 14: Napoleon arrives in Moscow.
- October 19: Beginning of the Great Retreat.
- October 24: Battle of Maloyaroslavets.
- November 1812: Crossing of the River Berezina.
- December ?: Grand Armée expelled from Russia.
[edit] 1813
- May 2, 1813: Battle of Lützen.
- October 16-19, 1813: Battle of Leipzig.
[edit] 1814
- February 10-14, 1814: Six Days Campaign.
- March 30-31, 1814: Battle of Paris.
[edit] 1815
- February 20, 1815: Napoleon escapes from Elba Island.
- March 20, 1815: Napoleon arrives in Paris.
- Beginning of the Hundred Days
- June 18, 1815: Battle of Waterloo.
- June 28, 1815: Restoration of Louis XVIII
