The Age of Napoleon

Italian Campaign(green)

1796

Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland toward Nazi Germany

Egyptian Campaign(red)

1798

The French campaign in Egypt and Syria was Napoleon campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests.

Consulate(green)

Sep 10, 1799

Consulate made government in France more efficient and abolished most of the remnants of class and privilege

Banque de France(green)

Jan 18, 1800

The Bank of France, is the central bank of France. It began as a private institution for managing state debts and issuing notes.

Concordat of 1801(green)

Jul 15, 1801

Napoleon and papal defining the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France and ending the breach caused by the church reforms and confiscations enacted during the French Revolution.

Consul for Life(green)

1802

Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. In May 1804 Napoleon became hereditary emperor of the French, proclaiming himself the heir of Charlemagne, the great early medieval king of the Franks and founder of the Holy Roman Empire.

Napoleonic Code(yellow)

Mar 21, 1804

The Napoleonic Code, officially the Civil Code of the French is the French civil code established under the French Consulate

Declared Self Emperor(green)

Dec 2, 1804

established when a person claims a monarchy without any historical ties to a previous dynasty.

Battle of Trafalgar(red)

Oct 21, 1805

British Royal Navy fought against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War. The British won.

Abolished Holy Roman Empire(green)

Aug 1, 1806

Francis II of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, let go of his title and released all imperial states and officials from their oaths and obligations to the empire.

Continental System(red)

Nov 21, 1806

This blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. This stopped France from being able to not be able to trade with the British.

Invasion of Russia(yellow)

Jun 24, 1812

Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian Army

abdication(yellow)

1815

Act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority.

Hundred Days(red)

Apr 20, 1815

A period between March 20, 1815, the date on which Napoleon arrived in Paris after escaping from exile on Elba, and July 8, 1815, the date of the return of Louis XVIII to Paris.

Waterloo(red)

Jun 18, 1815

This was a battle which Napoleon's forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, marked the end of his reign and of France's domination in Europe.

Resistance in Spain(red)

Apr 1, 1939

After this, the repression from the Franco government intensified, and little by little the groups were destroyed. Many of their members died or were incarcerated. Others escaped to France or Morocco.