Timeline of the Napoleonic Wars:

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1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815,

1790

Napoleon involved in Corsican politics.

1791

January: Napoleon joins the Jacobins
February: Napoleon rejoins the 'La Fere' (newly designated the '1st') Artillery Regiment at Auxonne
June: Napoleon promoted to 1st lieutenant and re-assigned to 4th (former 'Grenoble') Artillery Regiment at Valence
20 June: Flight of the French Royal family.
July: French army officers required to take oath to new Constitution. Napoleon did, many Royalist officers did not.
October: Napoleon returns to Corsica.

1792

20 April: French Assembly declares war on Austria.
26 June: First Coalition formed.
10 August: Napoleon witnesses the storming of the Tuileries.
20 September: Battle of Valmy, the revolution endures.
6 November: Battle of Jemappes, French gain Austrian Netherlands.

1793

21 January: Louix XVI guillotined.
18 March: Battle of Neerwinden, Austrians take Austrian Netherlands back.
11 June: Losers in Corsican political struggle Bonaparte family flees to Toulon.
16 September- 19 December: Napoleon distinguishes himself at the siege of Toulon.
15-16 October: Battle of Wattignies, French relieve Maubeuge and close road to Paris.
22 December: Napoleon appointed general of brigade.

1794

February:Napoleon appointed commander of artillery in the Army of Italy.
26 June: Battle of Fleurus.
27 July: Fall of Robespierre (Napoleons patron)
8 August: Napoleon arrested, but released after a period of imprisonment, during which he rightly feared for his life.

1795

16 May: Peace of Basle; Prussia leaves war.
19 August: Peace with Spain.
5 October: 'The whiff of grapeshot'; Napoleon saves the government by turning his cannon on rioters. Cavalry Major Murat retrieves the necessary artillery.

1796

8 March: Napoleon marries Josephine.
11 March: Napoleon is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy.
10-12 April: Battle of Montenotte.
13 April: "Battle" of Millesimo.
14-15 April: Battle of Dego.
16-17 April: Battle of Ceva.
20 April: Mondovi taken, Napoleon's army reaches the plains of Northern Italy.
28 April: Armistice of Cherasco, Piedmont out of the war.
10 May: Action at Lodi.
4 June: Battle of First Battle of Altenkirchen
19 June: Battle of Ukerath
28 June: Battle of Kinzig (Rechen)
5 July: Battle of Rastatt
9 July: Battle of Ettlingen (Malsch)
14 July: Battle of Haslach
5 August: Battle of Castiglione
7 August: Battle of Forcheim
11 August: Battle of Neresheim
24 August: Battle of Friedberg
24 August: Battle of Amberg
3 September: Battle of Wurzberg
8 September: Battle of Bassano
2 October: Battle of Biberach
19 October: Battle of Emmendlingen (or Emmendingen)
23 October: Battle of Schliengen
15-17 November: Battle of Arcola

1797

14 January: Battle of Rivoli.
18 April: Battle of Second Battle of Altenkirchen.
20 April: Battle of Diersham.
10 March - 6 April: Army of Italy engaged in operations against Archduke Charles
4 September: Coup d'etat of 18 Fructidor.
17 October: Treaty of Campo Formio with Austria ends war in Italy.

1798

19 May: Napoleon sails from Toulon to invade Egypt.
12 June: Napoleon occupies Malta.
21 July: Battle of the Pyramids.
1 August: Battle of the Nile; Nelson destroys French fleet supporting Napoleon.
21 October: Cairo revolt suppressed.
29 December: Second Coalition formed.

1799

5 Feburary: Napoleon invades Syria (modern Isreal/Palestine)
1 March: Russia declares war on France.
17 March: Napoleons seige of Acre begins.
25 March: Battle of First Stockach - Archduke Charles beats Jourdan in Southern Germany
5 April-15 August: Austrians and Russians retake Italy and Switzerland.
5 April: Battle of Magano - French under Scherer defeated by Austrians under Kray in Northern Italy.
16 April: Battle of Mount Tabor; Turkish army attempting to relieve Acre is defeated.
27 April: Battle of Cassano - French now under Moreau defeated by Suverov in Italy just east of Milan
10 May: Napoleons final assault on Acre repulsed.
20 May: Unsuccessful seige of Acre ends.
4 June: Battle of First Zurich - Archduke Charles pushes Massena back
15-17 June: Battle of Trebbia - Suvorov's Russians defeat French under MacDonald in nothern Italy near Piacenza.
25 July: Battle of Aboukir.
15 August: Battle of Novi in Italy north of Genoa sees Allies under Suverov badly defeat the French under Joubert. Joubert killed aborting a promising career and a planned coup.
22 August: Napoleon leaves Egypt, and evading British fleet sails for France.
25-30 September: Massena defeats Russians near Zurich.
9 October: Naploeon lands in France.
9 November: Napoleon's coup of 18 Brumaire establishes the Consulate.
10 November: Napoleon becomes First Consul.

1800

20 March: Battle of Heliopolis
18 April: Massena besieged in Genoa.
3 May: Moreau victor in Battle of Stockach.
15-21 May: Army of Reserve crosses the Alps.
9 June: Battle of Montebello.
14 June: Battle of Marengo.
19 June: Battle of Hochstadt.
5 September: French forced to surrender Malta.
5 December: Battle of Hohenlinden.

1801

9 February: Napoleon signs the Treaty of Luneville with Austria.
20-21 March: Night or Second Battle of Aboukir, also known as Battle of Alexandria.
21 March: French forces in Egypt capitulate.
23 March: Tsar Paul murdered; Alexander succeeds.
2 April: British attack Copenhagen. Nelson's famous 'blind eye'.
15 July: Napoleon signs Concordat with the Pope.

1802

27 March: Treaty of Amiens signed with Great Britain.
2 August: Napoleon made Consul for life.
15 October: France invades Switzerland.

1803

30 April: Napoleon sells Louisiana to United States.
18 May: Britain declares war.
1 June: Napoleon begins to prepare invasion of Britain. French take Hanover.

1804

21 March: Duc d'Enghien murdered. Promulgation of the Civil code.
18 May: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor
19 May: Marshalate created.
2 December: Napoleon's coronation as Emperor.
14 December: Spain declares war on Britain.

1805

11 April: Britain and Russia ally (beginning of 3rd Coalition).
26 May: Napoleon crowned King of Italy.
9 August: Austria joins 3rd Coalition.
20 October: Battle of Ulm.
21 October: Battle of Trafalgar.
15 November: Napoleon enters Vienna.
2 December: Battle of Austerlitz.
26 December: Treaty of Pressburg between Austria and France.

1806

1 April: Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Naples.
20 June: Louis Bonaparte becomes King of Holland.
12 July: Confederation of the Rhine established.
6 October: Fourth Coalition (Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden) formed.
14 October: Battle of Jena . Battle of Auerstadt.
26 October: Napoleon enters Berlin.
21 November: Berlin degree begins the Continental System, which attempts to reduce Britain by blockade.
16 December: French enter Warsaw.

1807

8 February: Battle of Eylau.
18 March: Seige of Danzig begins.
27 May: Danzig falls.
14 June: Battle of Friedland.
7 July: Treaty of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia.
19 July: Grand Duchy of Warsaw instituted.
2-7 September: British attack Copenhagen destroying the Danish fleet.
27 October: Treaty of Fontainebleu; France and Spain agree to attack Portugal.
30 November: Junot occupies Lisbon.

1808

2 May: Murat suppresses Madrid uprising.
6 June: Joseph Bonaparte proclaimed King of Spain.
14 July: Battle of Medina del Rio Seco.
22 July: Battle of Bailen. Significantly damages French military reputation.
21 August: Battle of Vimeiro. Wellington defeats French forces in Portugal.
5 November: Napoleon assumes command in Spain.
4 December: Napoleon enters Madrid.

1809

16 January: Battle of Corunna.
17 January: Napoleon returns to France.
9 April: Austrians invade Bavaria.
19 April: Battle of Teugn-Hausen (a.k.a Thann, Teugn or Tengen) .
20 April: Battle of Abensburg.
21 April: Battle of Landshut.
22 April: Battle of Eckmuhl (or Eggmuhl).
12 May: Battle of Oporto.
21-22 May: Battle of Essling.
6 July: Battle of Wagram.
28-29 July: Battle of Talavera.
14 October: Treaty of Schonbrunn between Austria and France.
15 December: Napoleon divorces Joesphine.

1810

22 April: Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.
9 July: Messena takes Cuidad Rodrigo.
27 September: Battle of Bussaco.
10 October: Wellington retires behind Lines of Torres Verdes.

1811

5 March: Messena begins withdrawal from Portugal.
20 March: Marie-Louise bears Napoleon a son, who is given the title 'King of Rome'.
3-5 May: Battle of Fuentes de Onoro.
15 May: Battle of Albuera.
23 December: Napoleon begins preparations to invade Russia.

1812

19 January: Wellington captures Ciudad Rodrigo.
6 April: Wellington captures Badajoz.
20 June: Sixth Coalition formed.
24 June: Napoleon invades Russia.
22 July: Battle of Salamanca.
17-19 August: Battle of Smolensk.
7 September: Battle of Borodino.
14 September: Napoleon enters Moscow.
19 October: Napoleon leaves Moscow.
21 October: Wellington repulsed at Burgos.
24-25 October: Battle of Maloyaroslavets.
26-28 November: Battle of the Beresina.
30 December: Yorck signs Convention of Tauroggen by which his Prussian Corps defects from the French Grande Armee.

1813

4 March: Russians enter Berlin.
16 March: Prussia declares war on France.
2 May: Battle of Lutzen. (Gross-Gorshcen).
20-21 May: Battle of Bautzen.
23 May: Wellington advances into Spain.
4 June: Armistice of Pleichwitz begins.
12 June: French evacuate Madrid.
21 June: Battle of Vitoria.
12 August: Austria declares war on France.
17 August: Armistice of Pleichwitz ends.
23 August: Battle of Grossbeeren.
26 August: Battle of Katzbach.
26-27 August: Battle of Dresden.
30 August: Battle of Kulm.
6 September: Battle of Dennewitz.
3 October: Battle of Wartenburg.
16-19 October: Battle of Leipzig.
30 October: Battle of Hanau.
10 November: Battle of Nivelle.

1814

29 January: Battle of Brienne.
1 February: Battle of La Rothiere.
10 February: Battle of Champaubert.
11 February: Battle of Montmirail.
14 February: Battle of Vauchamps.
9 March: Battle of Laon.
20-21 March: Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
30 March: Allies enter Paris.
6 April: Napoleon abdicates.
10 April: Battle of Toulouse. Wellington defeats Soult.

1815

26 February: Napoleon escapes Elba.
1 March: Napoleon lands in France.
20 March: Napoleon enters Paris.
15 June: Napoleon crosses into Belgium.
16 June: Battle of Ligny. Battle of Quartre Bras.
18 June: Battle of Waterloo. Battle of Wavre.
22 June: Napoleon abidicates.

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