Attention please,

Take a pen and paper and get ready to take some notes…

A Long Time Ago on a Continent Far Away…

Napoleonic Wars

1792 - 1815

First Coalition – 1792-1797

• Austrian Empire, Prussia, United Kingdom, Russia, Italian States, Spain, Portugal.

• Early victories for the allies – 1792-93.• French victories in Belgium.• Napoleon’s campaign in North Italy.• Treaty of Campo Formio in October 1797

confirms the success of the French Revolution. Only UK remains at war.

Second Coalition – 1798-1802

• UK, Ottoman Empire, Austria, Russia (left in Oct. 1799), Naples and the Vatican.

• Egyptian Campaign of Napoleon – 1798. Battle of the Pyramids. French victory against Ottoman army. Battle of the Nile. French loss of fleet to Admiral H. Nelson.

• Napoleon returns to Europe – 1799. Coup d’Etat, Consulate and declares revolution over – 15.12.

• Treaties of Luneville (Austria, Naples) and Amiens (UK). Concordat with the Vatican.

Second Coalition Continued…

Emperor Napoleon - 1804

Third Coalition - 1805

• UK, Russia, Prussia, Austria, Naples, Sweden.

• Battle of Trafalgar – Nelson dies, but wins. End of French/English competition at sea.

• Battle of Austerlitz – Great victory for Napoleon. Austria capitulates.

• Treaty of Pressburg end the coalition.

Fourth Coalition – 1806-1807

• Prussia, Saxony, Russia, UK, Sweden.• Napoleon’s victory and Jena.• Napoleon enters Berlin. Germany, Austria,

Belgium and Holland are occupied. Brothers Joseph and Jerome become king of the Netherlands and Westphalia.

• UK begins the Continental Blockade. • Peace with Russia at Tilsit – 1807.

Fifth Coalition - 1809

• 1808 – Intervention in Spain. Brother Joseph crowned King of Spain.

• UK, Spain, Austria

• Battle of Wagram. Austria lost. Peace treaty.

• 1810 – Married Marie Louise of Austria.

• 1811 – Son, Napoleon, King of Rome born.

Sixth Coalition – 1812-1814

• UK, Russia, Sweden, in 1813 also Austria and Prussia.

• 1812 – Invasion of Russia. Battle of Borodino. Napoleon enters Moscow and is trapped in the Russian winter. Runs home.

• 1814 – Fall of Paris. Exile to Elba. First Treaty of Paris. Restoration of the Bourbons – Louis XVIII king of France.

The 100 Days - 1815

• Napoleon escapes from Elba, raises an army and enters Paris with little resistance. Louis XVIII runs

• Battle of Waterloo. British/Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington defeat Napoleon. Napoleon abdicates in favor of his son. Napoleon captured by the allies.

• Second Treaty of Paris. Restoration of the Bourbons. Napoleon exiled to St. Helena.

• Napoleon dies of cancer in 1821.