Napoleon and Europe - Date Flashcards

Chronological vocabulary flashcards mapping key political and military events to their specific dates across the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras from 1789 to 1821.

Storming of the Bastille

July 14, 1789

Storming of the Tuileries / fall of the monarchy

August 10, 1792

Battle of Valmy

September 20, 1792

Execution of King Louis XVI

January 21, 1793

Sans-culotte / Montagnard insurrection (Girondins expelled)

June 2, 1793

Siege of Toulon

September 18, 1793

Marie Antoinette executed

October 16, 1793

Hebertists purged

March 1794

Dantonists purged

April 1794

Battle of Fleurus

June 26, 1794

9-10 Thermidor (Robespierre falls)

July 27, 1794

Sans-culotte insurrection against the NC

June 1795

13-14 Vendemiaire (whiff of grapeshot)

October 5, 1795

Battle of Lodi

May 10, 1796

Battle of Castiglione

August 5, 1796

Battle of Rivoli

January 14, 1797

18 Fructidor V

September 4, 1797

Peace of Campo Formio

October 1797

Floreal VI

May 11, 1798

Battle of the Pyramids

July 21, 1798

Battle of the Nile / Aboukir Bay (naval)

August 1798

Prairial Coup

June 18, 1799

Battle of Aboukir (land)

July 25, 1799

Battle of Bergen-op-Zoom

September 19, 1799

2nd Battle of Zurich

September 25-26, 1799

18 Brumaire VIII (coup)

November 9, 1799

Battle of Marengo

June 14, 1800

Battle of Hohenlinden

December 3, 1800

Nicaise Affair (assassination attempt)

December 24, 1800

Peace of Luneville

February 9, 1801

Concordat with Pope Pius VII

July 1801

Peace of Amiens

March 27, 1802

Constitution of Year X (Consul for life)

August 9, 1802

Napoleonic Code / Civil Code promulgated

March 21, 1804

Constitution of Year XII (Empire declared)

April 1804

Napoleon proclaimed Emperor

May 18, 1804

Napoleon crowned Emperor

December 2, 1804

Ulm campaign

October 16-20, 1805

Battle of Trafalgar

October 21, 1805

Battle of Austerlitz (Three Emperors)

December 2, 1805

Treaty of Pressburg

December 26, 1805

Confederation of the Rhine

July 12, 1806

Battle of Jena

October 13, 1806

Battle of Auerstedt

October 14, 1806

Berlin Decree (Continental System begins)

November 21, 1806

Battle of Eylau

February 7-8, 1807

Battle of Friedland

June 14, 1807

Peace of Tilsit

July 7-9, 1807

Dos de Mayo uprising

May 2, 1808

Battle of Bailen

July 16-19, 1808

Congress of Erfurt

October 1808

Battle of Eckmuhl / Ratisbon

April 22-23, 1809

Battle of Aspern-Essling

May 21-22, 1809

Battle of Wagram

July 5-6, 1809

Treaty of Schonbrunn

October 14, 1809

Marriage to Marie Louise

April 1, 1810

Siege of Badajoz

March 16 - April 6, 1812

Battle of Salamanca

July 22, 1812

Battle of Borodino

September 7, 1812

Siege of Burgos

September 19 - October 21, 1812

Battle of Maloyaroslavets

October 24, 1812

Battle of Vyazma

November 3, 1812

Berezina crossing

November 26-29, 1812

Battle of Lutzen

May 2, 1813

Battle of Bautzen

May 20-21, 1813

Battle of Vitoria

June 21, 1813

Battle of Dresden

August 26-27, 1813

Battle of Leipzig (Battle of the Nations)

October 16-19, 1813

Battle of Hanau

October 30-31, 1813

Fall of Paris

March 30-31, 1814

Senate decree deposing Napoleon

April 2, 1814

First abdication

April 6, 1814

Battle of Toulouse

April 10, 1814

Treaty of Fontainebleau (sent to Elba)

April 11, 1814

Congress of Vienna

1814-1815

Return from Elba (Hundred Days begin)

March 1, 1815

Battle of Ligny

June 16, 1815

Battle of Quatre Bras

June 16, 1815

Battle of Waterloo

June 18, 1815

Second time Napoleon lost the throne

June 22, 1815

Death on St. Helena

May 5, 1821