Battle of Ferozeshah
Wounded at the Battle of Ferozeshah while storming the Sikh camp
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Robert Cornelis Napier Biography and Timeline
Follow Robert Cornelis Napier through 20 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Robert Cornelis Napier, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
20Distinct records
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1845–1868Years on this page
1845
Battle of Mudki
Joins the Army of the Sutlej and commands the Bengal Engineers at the Battle of Mudki
Bengal Engineers
Joins the Army of the Sutlej and commands the Bengal Engineers at the Battle of Mudki
1846
Battle of Sobraon
Present at the Battle of Sobraon
Siege of Kote Kangra
Chief Engineer at the reduction of the fortress of Kote Kangra in the Punjab by Brigadier General Wheeler
1848
Engineer
Appointed as consulting engineer to the Punjab resident and Council of Regency
1849
Siege of Multan
Present at the successful storming of Multan
Battle of Gujrat
Napier takes part in the Battle of Gujrat
Engineer
Appointed civil engineer to the Board of Administration of the annexed province of Punjab, and carries out many significant public works during his time in that position
Rule of Punjab
Appointed civil engineer to the Board of Administration of the annexed province of Punjab, and carries out many significant public works during his time in that position
Siege of Chiniot
Present at the surrender of the fortress of Chiniot
1852
Expedition
Napier takes command of a column in the first Hazara expedition
1853
Expedition
Appointed commmander of a column against the Baris on the North-West frontier
1857
Adjutant
Military secretary and adjutant-general to Sir James Outram, whose forces took part in the actions leading to the first relief of Lucknow
Siege of Lucknow
Takes charge of Lucknows defence until the second relief, when he was badly wounded while crossing an exposed space with Outram and Sir Henry Havelock to meet with Sir Colin Campbell. Military secretary and adjutant-general to Sir James Outram, whose forces took part in the actions leading to the first relief of Lucknow
Siege of Lucknow
After the fall of Lucknow, Napier is mentioned in despatches and made CB
1858
Siege of Gwalior
Joins Sir Hugh Rose as second-in-command in the march on Gwalior
1868
Expedition
Attempts to rescue an English group including the British Consul arrested by Theodore
Expedition
Lands in Abysinnia with a force of 32,000 men
Expedition
Marches 400 miles to Magdala & releases British prisoners
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.