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Napoleon I Biography and Timeline — Page 7

Follow Napoleon I through 470 dated historical records for France.

Napoleon I, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1801

Coalition, 2nd

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Coalition, 2nd

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Coalition, 2nd

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Coalition, 2nd

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Coalition, 2nd

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Campo Formio

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

After this Treaty, Great Britain was the sole nation still at war with France. The Treaty of Luneville declared that "there shall be, henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding" among the parties. The Treaty required Austria to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo Formio (concluded on 17 October 1797)

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Campo Formio

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Campo Formio

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Campo Formio

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Campo Formio

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Campo Formio

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Luneville

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

After this Treaty, Great Britain was the sole nation still at war with France. The Treaty of Luneville declared that "there shall be, henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding" among the parties. The Treaty required Austria to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo Formio (concluded on 17 October 1797)

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Luneville

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Luneville

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Luneville

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Luneville

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Luneville

Emperor · First Consul · Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Peace

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

England keeps Ceylon & Trinidad & Malta is restored to the Knights of St John.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Peace

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

France keeps continental conquests.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Peace

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called Great French War.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Peace

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Concordat

Emperor · First Consul · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Napoleon sees religion as a uniting social force. France recognizes Catholicism as "the religion of the majority of Frenchmen". Agreed with Pius VII in an effort to undermine the effects of the emgre clergy. Agreed after the Battle of Marengo at the request of Napoleon

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of Egypt

Emperor · First Consul · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

French forces in Egypt are defeated by the Anglo-Turkish alliance & repatriated

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

1802

Neutrality

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of Cape Colony

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of Egypt

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of French Guiana

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of Malta

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of Papal States

Emperor · Papal States · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Rule of West Indies

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Amiens

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Together with the Treaty of Lun‚ville (1801) the Treaty of Amiens marks the end of the Second Coalition

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Amiens

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Treaty of Amiens

Emperor · Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the Treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral.

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

First Consul

Emperor · First Consul · Paris · Government / Government of France

Appointed Consul

Role range: 1804-1815

Concordat

Emperor · First Consul · Paris · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

The state retains control over education & the clergy

Role range: 1804-1815

Constitution of France

Emperor · First Consul · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

The Church becomes a Government department. Agrees a concordat, the state retains control over education & the clergy

Role range: 1804-1815

1804

Succession

Emperor · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Succeeds as Emperor, "Emperor of the French"

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

1805

Coronation

Emperor · Milan · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Crowned in Milan

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Capture of Liguria

Emperor · Liguria · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Constitutional Assembly ratifies the annexation of Liguria to the French Republic

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Constitution of France

Emperor · Liguria · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Constitutional Assembly ratifies the annexation of Liguria to the French Republic

Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815

Records, sources and methodology

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