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Timeline
The
Revolutionary
and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)
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Military
and War Important wars and campaigns Important
battles |
Important
Political Events Important
political events/changes Declarations
of war / Important peace treaties |
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1801 |
February
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Treaty
of Lunéville between France and Austria: reproduces that of Campo Formio;
confirms the cessation of the left bank of the Rhine to France and extends
the French sphere of influence to Northern Italy
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1801 |
March
23 |
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Assassination
of Tsar Paul I, begin of the reign of Alexander I
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1801 |
May
8 |
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Begin
of the pacification of Western France; the last rebels are dispersed until
the end of this year |
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1801 |
September
30 |
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France
recognizes the sovereignity of the Ottoman Empire over Egypt
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1801 |
October
8 |
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Peace
Treaty between France and Russia |
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1801 |
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Peace
on the Continent, however Great Britain still remains at war with France |
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1801 |
October |
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Preliminaries
of Amiens signed |
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1802 |
March
25 |
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Peace
of Amiens signed between France, Spain and Holland on the one hand and
Great Britain on the other hand; end of the 2nd Italian
Campaign, end of the 2nd Coalition; for the first time since
1792 France is at peace |
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1802 |
May
13 |
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The
Ottoman Empire joins the Peace Settlement of Amiens
and regains control over Egypt |
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1802 |
August |
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Napoleon
exploits his military successes; by a plebiscit he lets himself be elected
consul for life |
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1802 |
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Napoleon
intends to reestablish French colonies (San Domingo, Louisiana and
possibly Egypt); |
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The
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
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1803 |
February
25 |
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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss;
reorganization of the German territories |
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1803 |
May
11 |
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Rupture
of the Peace of Amiens; France rejects the British ultimatum to evacuate
Holland
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1803 |
May
18 |
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Britain
declares war on France |
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1803 |
May
26 |
French
troops enter Hanover |
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1803 |
June
14 |
French
forces enter Naples to occupy Apulia. |
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1803 |
June
15 |
French
army begins to mass at Boulogne for the invasion of England
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1803 |
June
21 |
British
forces capture Santa Lucia
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1803 |
June
25 |
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Batavian
Republic signs treaty of alliance with France
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1803 |
30
June |
British
capture Tobago |
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1803 |
June
30 |
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War
breaks out in India between Britain and
French-backed Maratha Confederacy |
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1803 |
July |
An
army and a fleet of about 1500 ships is concentrated along the coast of the North Sea from Boulogne to Antwerp in the perspective to invade the
British Island |
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1803 |
September
11 |
Lord Lake
defeats Marathas |
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1803 |
September
20: |
British
capture Demerara and Essequibo |
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1803 |
September
23 |
Wellington
defeats Marathas at Assaye
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1803 |
November
1 |
Lake
defeats Marathas at Laswari |
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1803 |
November
28 |
Wellington
defeats Marathas at Argaon |
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1803 |
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French
garrison of Saint Domingue capitulates to British at Cap Français
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1803 |
October
5 |
British
ships attack Spanish treasure fleet |
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1803 |
November
6 |
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Austro-Russian
defence agreement signed |
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1804 |
March
15 |
Arrest
of the Duc d’Enghien. |
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1804 |
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Russian
Persian war breaks out |
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1804 |
March
16 |
After
two years of growing unrest, Serbs rise against their Janissary governors
in defence of the rights of Selim III and besiege Belgrade |
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1804 |
April
29 |
British
land in Surinam |
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1804 |
May
5 |
Garrison
of Surinam capitulates |
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1804 |
May
18 |
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The
hereditary Empire is introduced in France (Erbkaisertum) |
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1804 |
May
19 |
Napoleon
creates the Marshal of the Empire |
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1804 |
August
5 |
Serbs
take Belgrade; although they permit the Ottomans to install a garrison,
they demand greater autonomy
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1804 |
May
7 |
Selim
III orders the Serbs to lay down their arms; when they refuse, Ottomans
prepare for their subjugation by force |
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1804 |
May
25 |
France
annexes Ligurian Republic |
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1804 |
September
7 |
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Bonaparte
undertakes a triumphant tour through Belgium and the Rhineland (August
2-October 12) and inclines on the tomb of Charlemagne at Aix-la-Chapelle;
Alliance between France, Bavaria and Württemberg
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1804 |
December
2 |
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Napoleon
crowns himself in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris |
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Wars
of the Third Coalition (1805) |
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1805 |
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At
this point Napoleon's Army consists of 250,000 men, based on the system
of conscription; the troops are mainly located in Boulogne; the most
reputated marshalls are: Davout, Soult, Lannes, Ney, Bernadotte, Marmont,
Augereau, Murat
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1805 |
May
26 |
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Napoleon
crowned King of Italy |
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1805 |
May
28 |
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Empire
proclaimed
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1805 |
July
21 |
Serbs
defeat Ottomans at Niš
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1805 |
July
28 |
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Britain
and Russia agree formation of Third Coalition |
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1805 |
August
9 |
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Austria
joins Third Coalition |
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1805 |
August
18 |
Serbs
defeat Ottomans at Ivankovac
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1805 |
September
10 |
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Naples
signs convention with Russi |
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1805 |
September
25-December 26 |
Austrian
Campaign |
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1805 |
October
3 |
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Sweden
joins Third Coalition |
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1805 |
October
5 |
British
ships attack Spanish treasure fleet |
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1805 |
October
14 |
French
commence evacuation of Apulia |
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1805 |
October
18 |
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Württemberg
signs alliance with France
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1805 |
October
20 |
Capitulation
of Ulm; Mack surrenders with 27,000 men
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1805 |
October
21 |
Battle
of Trafalgar (France/Spain vs England) English victory |
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1805 |
November
6 |
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Austro-Russian
defence agreement signed |
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1805 |
October
26 |
Grande Armée marches from Boulogne for the Rhine
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1805 |
October
29 |
Archduke
Charles checks Massena at Caldiero |
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1805 |
November
3 |
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Prussia
signs Treaty of Potsdam with Austria and Russia, effectively committing
herself to entering the war
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1805 |
November
12 |
French
occupy Vienna |
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1805 |
November
17 |
British
forces begin disembarking in Hanover
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1805 |
November
21 |
Serbs
capture Semendria (Smederevo). |
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1805 |
December
2 |
Battle
of Austerlitz (Battle of the Three Emperors) France versus Austria/Russia;
Napoleon's greatest victory |
Napoleon
crowned Emperor of France by Pope Pius VII |
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1805 |
December
12 |
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Spain
declares war on Great Britain, joining forces with France |
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1805 |
December
15 |
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Prussia
signs Treaty of Schönbrunn with France
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1805 |
December
25 |
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End
of 3rd Coalition/Treaty of Pressburg |
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1805 |
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Austria
renounces all control in Italy, cedes Veneto and Dalmatia; Bourbons
dethroned in Kingdom of Naples; Austria loses all of its former
influence in upper Italy and in southern Germany; the consequence will be
the "Rheinbund" consisting of 16 German states, above all the new
Kingdoms Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden (see July 16, 1806)
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1805 |
December
31 |
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Last
day of Revolutionary Calendar in France |
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Wars
of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) |
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1806 |
January
6 |
British
expeditionary force disembarks at Capetown |
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1806 |
January
8
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Dutch
defeated at Blaauwberg |
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1806 |
January
18 |
Dutch
surrender Cape Province
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1806 |
January
19 |
Anglo-Russian
expeditionary force embarks from Naples |
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1806 |
February
6 |
Duckworth
destroys French fleet off Santo Domingo |
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1806 |
February
9 |
French
invade Naples |
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1806 |
February
11 |
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Ferdinand
IV and Maria Carolina flee to Sicily |
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1806 |
February
13 |
British
evacuate Hanover
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1806 |
February
16 |
British
forces disembark in Sicily |
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1806 |
March
4 |
French
besiege Gaeta |
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1806 |
March
5 |
Russians
seize Cattaro (Kotor) |
Napoleon
opens peace negotiations with Britain, whose new government - the Ministry
of All the Talents - is eager for peace
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1806 |
March
9 |
Neapolitans
defeated at Campo Tenese |
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1806 |
March
11 |
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Joseph
Bonaparte proclaimed king of Naples |
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1806 |
March
15 |
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Napoleon
creates Grand Duchy of Berg |
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1806 |
March
22 |
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Revolt
breaks out in Calabria |
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1806 |
March
30 |
Marshal
Berthier created Prince of Neuchâtel |
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1806 |
May
26 |
French
occupy Ragusa (Dubrovnik) |
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1806 |
June
5 |
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Holland
becomes a kingdom under Louis Bonaparte |
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1806 |
June
17 |
Russians
and Montenegrins defeat French outside Ragusa (Dubrovnik) |
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1806 |
June
18 |
Russians
and Montenegrins besiege Ragusa (Dubrovnik) |
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1806 |
June
25 |
British
expeditionary force occupies Buenos Aires. |
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1806 |
July
4 |
British
expeditionary force defeats French at Maida in Calabria |
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1806 |
July
6 |
French
relieve Ragusa (Dubrovnik) |
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1806 |
July
9 |
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Duchy
of Warsaw (in personal union with Saxony) |
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1806 |
July
12 |
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Napoleon
establishes Confederation of the Rhine which is connected to France by an
offensive and defensive alliance |
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1806 |
July
20 |
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D'Oubril
signs abortive Russo-French peace-treaty
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1806 |
August
6 |
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Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire takes the title Francis I of Austria |
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1806 |
August
9 |
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Prussian
government resolves on war with Napoleon |
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1806 |
August
12 |
Criollo
militia recapture Buenos Aires |
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1806 |
August
13 |
Serbs
defeat Turks at Misar |
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1806 |
August
25 |
The
Prussian Army begins to march towards Magdeburg and Göttingen
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1806 |
August
26 |
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Prussia
issues Ultimatum demanding withdrawal of French forces from Germany |
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1806 |
September
13 |
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With
the death of the British foreign secretary, Charles James Fox, all hope of
peace between France and Britain collapses |
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1806 |
October
1 |
Russians
repulse French assault at Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi) |
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1806 |
October
10 |
Prussians
defeated at Saalfeld |
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1806 |
October
14 |
Battle
of Jena and Auerstedt (France vs Prussia) French
victory,
four fifths of the German territory are occupied by French troops
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1806 |
October
16 |
Russians
invade Danubian provinces after theTurks replace their governors with men
of pro-French sympathies |
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1806 |
October
17 |
Prussians
defeated at Halle |
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1806 |
October
22 |
French
besiege Magdeburg |
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1806 |
October
25 |
Grande
Armée enters Berlin |
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1806 |
October
28 |
Hohenlohe
capitulates with 10,000 men at Prenzlau |
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1806 |
October
29 |
French
capture Stettin (Szczecin). |
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1806 |
November
6 |
Blücher
capitulates with 20,000 men at Lübeck
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1806 |
November
21 |
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In
Berlin, Napoleon imposes the "Continental System" on Great Britain in
order to ban British industrial products from
the European market
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1806 |
November
28 |
French
enter Warsaw |
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1806 |
December
24 |
Russians
occupy Bucharest |
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1806 |
December
26 |
French
victories at Solau, Golymin and Putulsk; the bad weather conditions
prevent the French cavalry to pursuit the Russians retreating during the night |
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1806 |
December
29 |
Serbs
capture Belgrade |
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