Timeline of the Napoleonic Wars:
Napoleon involved in Corsican politics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
5 Feburary: Napoleon invades Syria (modern Isreal/Palestine)
1 March: Russia declares war on France.
17 March: Napoleons seige of Acre begins.
5 April-15 August: Austrians and Russians retake Italy and Switzerland.
16 April: Battle of Mount Tabor ; Turkish army attempting to relieve Acre is defeated.
10 May: Napoleons final assault on Acre repulsed.
20 May: Unsuccessful seige of Acre ends.
25 July: Battle of Aboukir .
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.
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 .
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.
27 March: Treaty of Amiens signed with Great Britain.
2 August: Napoleon made Consul for life.
15 October: France invades Switzerland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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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