NAPOLEONIC PERIOD

  • Coup d'etat

    Coup d'etat
    It means a violent action done by a composer of a state, for example, armed strengths. It was done in 1799 by Napoleon, the French Emperator.
  • Emperor

    Emperor
    Napoleon and Josephine were crowned Emperor and Empress of the French on Sunday, December 2, 1804
  • Austerlitz

    Austerlitz
    The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire, Around 158,000 troops were involved, of which around 24,000 were killed or wounded. Napoleon won the battle and this battle is usually cited by military historians as one of Napoleon's tactical masterpieces for winning this hard battle.
  • Peninsular War

    Peninsular War
    Between 1808 and 1814, the British Army fought a war in the Iberian Peninsula against the the troops of Napoleon's France. Helped by their Spanish and Portuguese allies, the British held off superior French numbers before winning a series of victories and driving them out.
  • Russian Campaign

    Russian Campaign
    Employing extensive forced marches, Napoleon rapidly advanced his army of nearly half a million individuals through Western Russia, encompassing present-day Belarus, in a bid to dismantle the disparate Russian forces led by Barclay de Tolly and Pyotr Bagration totaling approximately 180,000–220,000 soldiers. Napoleon lost the battle.
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo
    The 18th of June, 1815, The French army led by Napoleon had been overcome by the British army and the Prussians in the War of Waterloo.