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Italian Campaign
The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of other Italian states. -
Egyptian Campaign
The French campaign in Egypt and Syria was Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests -
Banque de France
The Banque de France, or, The French National Bank, is a government owned entity that was founded by Napoleon. -
Concordat of 1801
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Napoleon Becomes Consul
In August 1804, Napoleon declared himself Consul. -
Napoleonic Code
A series of laws and codes implemented by Napoleon. It overruled some of the laws set in place by the revolution. -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France. -
Battle of Trafalgar
A naval battle between the British navy and the combined forces of the French and Spanish navies. It established British naval superiority for more than a hundred years. -
End of the Holy Roman Empire
The French victories at Marengo and Hohenlinden forced Francis II to agree to the treaty of Lunéville which confirmed the cession of the Rhineland and his abdication from the throne. -
Continental System
This system forbade the trade of British goods to mainland Europe. -
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Resistance in Spain
This was an attempt to get Napoleon out of Spain by the Spanish. It lasted until 1814 when he was defeated by the Sixth Coalition. -
Invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental blockade of the United Kingdom. -
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Abdication
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement established in Fontainebleau, France, on 11 April 1814 between Napoleon and representatives of Austria, Russia and Prussia. With this treaty, the allies ended Napoleon's rule as emperor of the French and sent him into exile on Elba. -
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Hundred Days
the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 -
Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon’s final defeat. It was fought near the village of Waterloo, Belgium, between France and the combined forces of Britain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Prussia, and the German States.