napoleonic WARS

December 1804

3rd coalition made

26th December 1805

Peace of Pressburg

8th September 1805

War of the 3rd coalition

16-19th October 1805

Battle of Ulm

• surrendered on 20th as surrounded

• Austrians led by Mack

21st October 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

• Nelson wins

• establishes naval superiority

2nd December 1805

Battle of Austerlitz

• year after coronation- destiny

• Davout at Telnitz

• N won at Pratzen- split allies

• allies trapped on frozen lake

1805

Convention of Schönbrunn

• Prussia publicly declare control over Hannover

10th August 1806

Prussia publicly declare calling up Army

• no army reforms- arrogant

14th October 1806

Battles of Jena-Averstadt

• french hide in Thüringerwald wood

• Jena: N wins, 120k vs 40k

• Averstadt: Davout wins 30k vs 70k

• misjudged where Prussians were

• Brunswick dies

7-8th February 1807

Battle of Eylau

• bloody, inconclusive

14th June 1807

Battle of Friedland

• decisive french victory vs Prussians

7th July 1807

Treaty of Tilsit

• N & Tsar alliance of convenience

9th July 1807

Treaty of Tilsit

• destroys Prussians

19th July 1807

Portugal refused to declare war on England -> disobey Talleyrand

October 1807

Treaty of Fontainbleau

• between Godoy & N

30th November 1807

Britain evacuate the Portuguese royal family to Brazil

• Junot in charge

Feb 1808

French divisions take Pamplona and Barcelona

24th February 1808

Treaty of Fontainbleau nulled by Napoleon

19th March 1808

Charles IV abdicates and Godoy falls from power

23rd March 1808

Murat enters Madrid

2nd May 1808

Dos de mayo riots

5th May 1808

Both Spanish Kings forced to abdicate

• Joseph on throne

June 1808- Feb 1809

Siege of Zaragoza

• 7 months

• 50k Spanish die

Guerrillas

• Juan Martín Díaz, el empecinado in Madrid

• Don Julian Sanchez, el charro in Castilla

• Francisco Espoz y Mina in Nevarre

16-19th July 1808

Battle of Bailen

• Castanos defeats 25k french

• Austria starts to mobilise as think french are weak

7th November 1808

Napoleon invaded Spain with 130k men

10th November 1808

Napoleon captures Burgos in Spain

23rd November 1808

Napoleon captures Tudela

• Lannes defeats Castanos- revenge

4th December 1808

French retake Madrid

January 1809

Napoleon leaves Spain to deal with Austrians

• leaves Joseph, Soult and Massena in charge of

27-28th July 1809

Battle of Talavera

• Wellington wins vs French gets title

• was Arthur Wellesley

• 5.3k british casualties

19th November 1809

Battle of Ocaña

• Spain lose as Britain pull out before in self-interest

Peninsular war 1810

• Massena tries to invade Portugal (3rd time)

• failed invasion- doesn't reach Lisbon

• policy of scorched earth and lines of Torres Vedras prevent this

• Napoleon advice usless

16th May 1811

Battle of Albuera

• Inconclusive and bloody

-6k die on each side, French vs British

22nd July 1812

Battle of Salamanca

• french lose

• Wellington va Marmont

March-April 1812

Siege of Badajoz

• british commit many atrocities against citizens

• under French control

21st June 1813

Battle of Vittoria

• Wellington defeats Joseph

• liberates Spain

21-22nd May 1809

Battle of Aspern-Esling

• Napoleon loses, Lannes killed

• vs Austrians & Archduke Charles

• N last defeated personally at Siege of Acre

5-6th July 1809

Battle of Wagram

• decisive victory against Austrians

• led to breakup of 5th coalition

14th October 1809

Treaty of Schönbrunn near Vienna

• ended 5th coalition

• Austria sanctions: 85m franc indemnity to France, lost land, reduce army to 150k men, recognise Joseph as leader of Spain

• assassination attempt against N here

1809-10 British activity

Sent 40k men to Walcheren island, on the Scheldt estuary

• keep river open, break continental system

• defeated by Malaria & Marshal Brune

• 10% die- only 100 in battle

• Napoleon annexes Holland as a result & removes Louis

1st April 1810

Napoleon marries Marie-Louise

24th June 1812

Russian Campaign begins