Historical place archive

Tilsit in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tilsit in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1807–1807

Historical events in Tilsit

1807

25 June 1807
Peace
Frederick William III · Napoleonic Wars

Frederick William attends the peace discussions between Napoleon & Alexander

7 July 1807
Treaty of Tilsit, 1st
Levin August Gottlieb Theophil von Bennigsen · Napoleonic Wars

Bennigsen had met with the crushing defeat of Friedland. The direct consequence of which is the Treaty of Tilsit

9 July 1807
Treaty of Tilsit, 2nd
Frederick William III · Napoleonic Wars

Prussia's Army is reduced to 42,000. Prussia loses most of its Polish territory to the grand Duchy of Warsaw. Prussia loses half of its territory west of the River Elbe to France. Danzig becomes a free city

Provenance

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