Frederick William attends the peace discussions between Napoleon & Alexander
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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.
Frederick William attends the peace discussions between Napoleon & Alexander
Bennigsen had met with the crushing defeat of Friedland. The direct consequence of which is the Treaty of Tilsit
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
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