Timeline of The Napoleonic Era - Napoleonic Era

Napoleonic Era

1799

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

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.
• Concordant of 1801.
• July 8: Battle of Algeciras.

1802

• March 25: Treaty of Amiens.
• May 1: Napoleon restructures French educational system
• May 19: Legion of Honour established
• August 2: New constitution adopted, plebiscite confirms Napoleon as First Consul for life

1804

• March 21: Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Code Napoleon)
• May: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor 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.

Lord Admiral 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, Napoleon as ‘protector’. Initially had 16 member states, later others added, including kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia
• Holy Roman Empire abolished
• September 15: Prussia joins Britain and Russia against Napoleon
• October 14: Battle of Jena
• October 14: 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 : Napoleon and Spain divide Portugal through a secret treaty

1808

• March 17: Imperial University established
• May 2: Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising.
• July 7: Joseph crowned King of Spain, after Portugal revolts against the Continental System/Blockade Napoleon had put in place. Napoleon collected 5 armies to advance into Portugal and 'bullied' the Spanish royal family into resigning.

Peninsular War

1809

• April 19: Battle of Raszyn.
• May 22: Battle of Aspern-Essling.
• July 5–6: Battle of Wagram - Success for Napoleon, Austria loses territory and must enforce the Continental System
• October 14: Treaty of Schönbrunn signed.

1811

• March 20: Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome"

1812

• July 22: Battle of Salamanca
• August 4–6: Battle of Smolensk.
• September 1: Moscow evacuated.
• September 7, 1812: 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.
• October 24: Battle of Maloyaroslavets.
• November: Crossing of the River Berezina.
• December: Grande Armée expelled from Russia.

1813

• April 2: Battle of Luneburg
• May 2: Battle of Lützen.
• May 20–21: Battle of Bautzen.
• 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.
• September 6: Battle of Dennewitz.
• September 16: Battle of the Göhrde.
• September 28: Battle of Altenburg.
• October 3: Battle of Wartenburg.
• October 14: Battle of Liebertwolkwitz.
• October 16–19: Battle of Leipzig.
• October 30–31: Battle of Hanau.
• December 7: Battle of Bornhöved.
• December 10: Battle of Sehestedt.

1814

• February 10–14: Six Days Campaign.
• 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.
• May 4: Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna

1815

Main: Hundred Days: Timeline

• February 20: Napoleon escapes from Elba.
• March 20: Napoleon arrives in Paris.

Beginning of the Hundred Days

• June 18: Battle of Waterloo.
• June 28: Restoration of Louis XVIII
• October 16: : Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena

1821

• May 5: Napoleon dies