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Há 1 dia · The Napoleonic Wars provide the backdrop for The Emperor, The Victory, The Regency and The Campaigners, Volumes 11, 12, 13 and 14 respectively of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by the author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. The Richard Bolitho series by Alexander Kent novels portray this period of history from a naval perspective.
Há 2 dias · In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code (the Napoleonic Code), and negotiated the Concordat of 1801. He also initiated the Napoleonic Wars (c. 1801–15), a series of wars that carried over into his reign as emperor of France (1804–14/15).
- Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–...
- Napoleon first seized political power in a coup d’état in 1799. The coup resulted in the replacement of the extant governing body—a five-member Dir...
- After a series of military defeats in 1812–13, Napoleon was forced to abdicate the French throne on April 6, 1814. Napoleon returned to power in ea...
- No! “Le Petit Caporal” wasn’t petite—at least not by 19th-century standards. The estimated average height of a French man in 1820 was 5 feet 4 inch...
Há 1 dia · Sources: David Chandler, "The Campaigns of Napoleon"; Digby Smith, "The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book" While the French army enjoyed a slight numerical advantage, particularly in artillery, it is important to note that a significant portion of Napoleon‘s troops were either inexperienced conscripts or veterans who had been hastily recalled to service.
Há 4 dias · United Kingdom. Key People: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh. Treaties of Paris, (1814–15), two treaties signed at Paris respectively in 1814 and 1815 that ended the Napoleonic Wars. The treaty signed on May 30, 1814, was between France on the one side and the Allies (Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and Portugal) on the other.
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Há 5 dias · Congress of Vienna, assembly in 1814–15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It began in September 1814, five months after Napoleon I ’s first abdication and completed its “Final Act” in June 1815, shortly before the Waterloo campaign and the final defeat of Napoleon.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 4 dias · 1798 Peasants' War; 19th century Napoleon crossing the Alps before the Battle of Marengo, 1800 Battle of Austerlitz, 1805 Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Battle of Malakoff, 1855 Prussian troops quarter just outside paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. 1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803; 1803 Souliote War; 1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1804–1813 ...
Há 4 dias · Napoleonic Wars (Duchy of Warsaw) Poland under partitions (1815–1918) Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Poland during World War II (1939–1945) Communist Poland (1945–1989) Third Polish Republic (1989–present) See also. Notes. References. Further reading. List of wars involving Poland.
