Chronology

Major Events 1769-1820

1769 to 1792

Bonaparte's early years - the French Revolution - the First Coalition - Valmy - Jemappes.

1793 to 1795

Execution of Louis XVI - Neerwinden - Dumouriez's defection to Allies - siege of Toulon - Wattignies.

1796 to 1797

Bonaparte marries Josephine Beauharnais - Montenotte - Dego - Castiglione - Arcola - Rivoli - Cape St Vincent - British naval mutinies - treaty of Campo Formio.

1798 to 1799

Campaign in Egypt - the Pyramids - Aboukir - battle of the Nile - the Second Coalition - Acre - Mt Tabor - Coup of Brumaire - Allies invade Holland - Bonaparte becomes First Consul.

1800 to 1802

Austria attacks Italy - Bonaparte crosses the Alps - Marengo - Hohenlinden - assassination attempt on Bonaparte.

1803 to 1805

France sells Louisiana to America - France and Spain become allies - plot against Bonaparte - arrest of General Moreau - introduction of Civil Code - creation of the marshalate - Bonaparte crowned emperor - the Third Coalition formed - Austria attacks Bavaria - Trafalgar - French occupy Vienna - Austerlitz.

1806 to 1808

The Fourth Coalition - France attacks Prussia - Jena-Auerstadt - French occupy Berlin - Bonaparte enters Poland - Eylau - Montevideo - Britain attacks Copenhagen - France invades Portugal - Junot occupies Lisbon - Bonaparte orders invasion of Spain - British land in Portugal - Rolica - Vimiero - Convention of Cintra - Moore takes over British in Spain - Somosierra - sieges of Saragossa - retreat begins to Corunna.

1809 to 1811

Corunna - Oporto - the Fifth Coalition - Abensberg - Aspern-Essling - Wagram - Talavera - Bonaparte divorces Josephine - Bussaco - Lines of Torres Vedras - Badajoz - Fuentes de Onoro - Albuera.

1812 to 1813

Ciudad Rodrigo - Badajoz - the Sixth Coalition - Salamanca - Garcia Hernandez - France invades Russia - Borodino - the disastrous French retreat - US-Anglo war of 1812 - Prussia declares war on France - Vitoria - Austria joins France's enemies - Leipzig.

1814 to 1815 & later

Invasion of France - Allies enter Paris - Bonaparte forced to abdicate by his marshals - death of Josephine - Congress of Vienna - New Orleans - Bonaparte's exile on Elba - Bonaparte's escape - the 100 Days' Campaign - Ligny - Quatre Bras - Waterloo - Bonaparte's second exile on St Helena - execution of Marshal Ney - death of Bonaparte.

 

 

 
 
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