Follow Napoleon I through 470 dated historical records for France.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
The Convention of Sintra was an agreement signed on August 30, 1808 during the Peninsular War. By the agreement, the defeated French were allowed to evacuate their troops from Portugal without further conflict. The Convention was signed at the Palace of Queluz, in Queluz, Sintra, Estremadura
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Orders the Grande Armee to be broken up
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Appointed Commander of the Army in Spain, assumes control
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Takes command of the army in Spain & defeats the Spanish
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Captures Madrid & causes the British under General Moore to retreat
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
A French army is assembled under Ney & Napoleon & Joseph is reinstated in Madrid
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Installs his brother Joseph as the King of Spain
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
The Battle diverts Napoleon from engulfing Spain with a single manoeuvre as planned. Soult defeats the British who leave the Peninsular, Napoleon feels safe to leave Spain. Believes the British army will run to the Navy, a belief held until Waterloo
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
"There will not be a single village in revolt". Promises Joseph 100,000 veterans in Spain. Forced to withdraw from Spain after Austria prepares for war, never returns to Spain
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
The Austrians under the Archduke invade Bavaria
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon leaves Paris to wage war against Austria for the 4th time
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon arrives in Donauworth, Bavaria
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon drives the Austrians out of Bavaria
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon drives the Austrians out of Bavaria
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Soult is driven out of Portugal by Wellington
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Takes up residence at Schonbrunn
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon threatens to besiege Vienna
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon crosses the Danube, 6 miles south of Vienna
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
The Archduke drives Napoleon back across the Danube & prevents him attacking Vienna
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon chooses Albern to cross the Danube, 6 miles south of Vienna
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Pius VII excommunicates Napoleon Bonaparte
Role range: 1804-1815
Defeats the Austrians 11 miles north east of Vienna. After the battle Salzburg & the Tyrol are ceded to Bavaria & Illyria to France. After the armistice Galicia is ceded to the Duchy of Warsaw
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Austria & France sign an armistice
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
40,000 peasants rise in rebellion
40,000 peasants rise in rebellion
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
After the Battle of Wagram Galicia is ceded to the Duchy of Warsaw
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
After the Battle of Wagram the Illyrian provinces are ceded to France
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
After the Battle of Wagram Salzburg is ceded to Bavaria
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
After the Battle of Wagram the Tyrol is ceded to Bavaria
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
One of Napoleon's Marshalls, Victor, is defeated at Talavera by Wellington
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
The 4th French war with Austria is ended by the Treaty of Schonbrunn
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon reaches northern Spain
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Complains to his commissariat, "I have nothing, I am naked"
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon defeats a Spanish force
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Launches an invasion with 191,000 under his command
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Breaks through the Spanish defence of the Sierra de Guadarrama
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Drives the Spanish army of Galicia back on Leon
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon enters Madrid
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
Napoleon enters Madrid
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
The Pope is arrested & kept in captivity
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1815
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