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Napoleon abdicates and resumes his exile. |
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Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by Wellington & Blucher. |
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Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from the island of Elba. |
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Napoleon escapes the island of Elba where he was exiled. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile. |
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Britain & allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon |
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France's power in Spain is finally broken in the Battle of Vitoria in which a British-Spanish-Portuguese alliance, under Arthur Wellesley, defeat Joseph Bonaparte. |
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As Napoleon's army is returning from its Russian disaster, Wittgenstein attacks the advanced column commencing the Battle of Lützen. |
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Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow. |
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Tsar Alexander the Great orders the torching of Moscow to thwart Napoleon. |
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Napoleon and French army enter Moscow, populated by only a few thousand Russians. |
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Napoleon reaches the small town of Beschenkowitschi and notices that all inhabitants have deserted the town, as if by definite plan. |
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English forces commanded by Duke of Wellington defeat French forces in the Battle of Salamanca, Spain. |
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Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia. |
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Marie Louise Bonaparte gives birth to Napoleon's son. |
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Napoleon's Fontainebleau Decree orders the seizure and burning of any British goods found in Europe. |
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The French Senate grants Napoleon Bonaparte a divorce from Empress Josephine. |
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Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French empire. |
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In response to Napoleon's economic warfare through the Continental System and Britain's Orders in Council, the US Congress passes The Embargo Act, which forbids trade with all foreign countries. It is Jefferson's attempt to force the waring nations to change their policies, but it fails. |
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Napoleon defeats Russian army at Battle of Friedland. |
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Napoleon defeats Russians in Battle of Eylau. |
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Napoleon defeats combined Russian and Austrian armies in the Battle of Austerlitz. |
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British Admiral Horatio Nelson deats French Admiral Villeneuve at Cape Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain. This establishes Britain as Mistress of the Seas. Napoleon counters with decrees ordering Russia, Prussia and others to cease trade with Britain. |
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Napoleon crowns himself as Emperor of the French |
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French Emperor Napoleon marries Joséphine of Martinique |
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The French Senate proclaims Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte to be the Emperor of France. |
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The Napoleonic Code is adopted as French Civil Law. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte declares the French Empire and will later be crowned Emperor in Notre-Dame cathedral on December 2, 1804. |
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The Battle of the Nile between French and British navies ends with Admiral Horatio Nelson's defeat of the French fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers. |
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Horatio Nelson engages the French navy under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers on the opening day of the Battle of the Nile. |
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