Napoleonic Timeline: Gallery

Brienne Military school

1769

From Ajaccio to Brienne and Auxonne
Fort-Balaguier in Toulon

1789

The French Revolution. The siege of Toulon
Saint-Roch church in Paris

1794

Robespierre's fall. The 13 Vendémiaire
Castiglione delle Stiviere

1796

Campaign in Italy. Lodi, Castiglione, Arcole
Rivoli Veronese

1797

Campaign in Italy. Rivoli. Campo-Formio peace treaty
The Pyramids of Giza

1798

Campaign in Egypt (beginning). Battle of the Pyramids
The coup of 18 Brumaire

1799

Campaign in Egypt (end). The coup of 18 Brumaire
Statue of the First Consul in Marengo

1800

Establishment of the Consulat
The Concordat of 1801

1801

The Consulat. The power structure
The Légion d'honneur medal

1802

Peace with England. The Consulate for life
Louisiana purchase

1803

Moving towards the Empire
Notre-Dame de Paris

1804

Establishment of the Empire. The coronation
The Austerlitz sunrise

1805

The war. Trafalgar. Austerlitz
The battle of Jena

1806

Campaign in Prussia. From Jena to Berlin
The meeting in Tilsit

1807

Campaign in Poland. Preussisch-Eylau and Friedland. Tilsit
Tres de Mayo

1808

Beginning of the Peninsular war
The Danube near Vienna

1809

Campaign in Germany and Austria. Eckmühl, Aspern-Essling, Wagram
Wedding with Maria-Luisa

1810

Alliance with Austria. Wedding with Maria-Luisa
Birth of the King of Rome

1811

Birth of the King of Rome
Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed in Moscow

1812

French Invasion of Russia. Borodino. Berezina
Commemorative monument of the battle of Leipzig

1813

German campaign. Dresden. Leipzig
Statue of Napoleon at Craonne

1814

Campaign in northeast France. Exile to Elba
The Lion's mound in Waterloo

1815

The Hundred-days. Waterloo.
Map of Saint-Helena

1816

Exile to Saint-Helena. Napoleon's death.
Dome of Les Invalides in Paris

1840

Return of Napoleon's ashes. Burial in Paris.

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