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Napoleon & Empire

Ephemeris - June

1st June

  1. 1791 : Bonaparte's appointment as first lieutenant.
  2. 1814 : Proclamation of peace in Paris.
  3. 1815 : Assembly of the Champ-de-Mai. Swearing of the Emperor to new constitution of the Empire.

2 June

  1. 1800 : Entry in Milan.

3 June

  1. 1796 : Entry of the French in Verona.
  2. 1800 : Reinstating the Cisalpine Republic.
  3. 1814 : Allies leave Paris and begin the evacuation of France.

4 June

  1. 1805 : Annexation to France of Genoa and Liguria. Nelson, pursuing Villeneuve to the West Indies, arrives too late to find him.
  2. 1813 : Signing of an armistice of two months at Pleiswitz.

5 June

  1. 1803 : Mortier occupies the city of Hanover.
  2. 1806 : Appointment of Louis Bonaparte as King of Holland.

6 June

  1. 1796 : Signing of an armistice between France and the Kingdom of Naples.
  2. 1808 : Appointment of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain.

7 June

  1. 1802 : Arrest of Toussaint Louverture in Saint-Domingue.
  2. 1805 : Appointment of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais as Viceroy of Italy.

8 June

  1. 1815 : Constitution of the Germanic Confederation in Vienna.

9 June

  1. 1800 : Battle of Montebello.
  2. 1805 : Villeneuve leaves again from the Caribbean for Europe.
  3. 1815 : Signature of the Treaty of Vienna.

10 June

  1. 1803 : Establishment of general regulations of schools.
  2. 1804 : Death sentence of Cadoudal and nineteen of his accomplices. Condemnation of Moreau to two years of prison.

11 June

  1. 1808 : Entry of the French at Valladolid after the fight of Cabezon.

12 June

  1. 1796 : Entry of the French army in the Papal States.
  2. 1798 : Capitulation of Valletta.

13 June

  1. 1798 : End of the conquest of Malta.
  2. 1805 : Nelson, always in pursuit of Villeneuve, moves from the Caribbean to Europe.

14 June

  1. 1797 : Proclamation of the Ligurian Republic.
  2. 1800 : Victory of Marengo and death of Desaix. Assassination of Kleber in Egypt.
  3. 1807 : Battle of Friedland.
  4. 1808 : The Admiral François-Étienne de Rosily Mesros and his fleet capitulate to the Spanish insurgents in front of Cadiz.
  5. 1813 : England and Prussia sign the Treaty of Reichenbach: England finances, Prussia fights.

15 June

  1. 1809 : Victory of Suchet on Moore at Zaragoza.

16 June

  1. 1808 : Fight of Zaragoza. Dupont l'Etang evacuates Cordoba.

17 June

  1. 1798 : Bonaparte writes to the Directory in order to inform it of the taking of Malta.
  2. 1811 : A national council opens at Notre Dame.

18 June

  1. 1812 : The United States declare war on England.
  2. 1815 : Battle of Waterloo.

19 June

  1. 1808 : Evacuation of Cordoba by the French.
  2. 1812 : Begining of the captivity of the Pope at Fontainebleau.

20 June

  1. 1800 : Intrigues in Paris following the rumors of a large defeat and of the death of a great leader.
  2. 1808 : The Kingdom of Naples receives its constitution from Napoleon.

21 June

  1. 1800 : Entry of the French in Turin.
  2. 1813 : Wellington's victory over Jourdan at Vitoria.

22 June

  1. 1815 : Abdication in favor of Napoleon II.

23 June

  1. 1796 : Signing of an armistice with the Holy See.
  2. 1800 : Occupation of Genoa.

24 June

  1. 1802 : Arrest of General Simon, Chief of Staff of Bernadotte, accused of trying to raise the army against the "Tyrant Bonaparte".
  2. 1804 : Napoleon gracies Moreau, sentenced on preceding June 10 to two years of prison for his involvement in the Cadoudal conspiracy.
  3. 1805 : The republic of Lucca becomes a principality whose Elisa Bonaparte is the sovereign.
  4. 1812 : Crossing of the Niemen.

25 June

  1. 1802 : Signing a peace treaty between France and the Ottoman Empire.
  2. 1804 : Execution of Cadoudal and eleven of his accomplices.
  3. 1807 : Meeting of Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I on a raft in the middle of the Niemen.

26 June

  1. 1813 : During an interview, Napoleon accuses Metternich of being paid by England.

27 June

  1. 1796 : Occupation of Livorno.
  2. 1801 : Surrender of French forces in Cairo and evacuation of the city.
  3. 1806 : Taken of Buenos Aires by the English.
  4. 1813 : Second Treaty of Reichenbach between Russia, Prussia and Austria.

28 June

  1. 1811 : Suchet takes Tarragona.

29 June

  1. 1797 : Proclamation of Independence of Lombardy.
  2. 1813 : Blücher's appointment as commander of the Prussian army.

30 June

  1. 1806 : Frederick William of Prussia confirms its alliance with Russia by the declaration of Charlottenburg.
Napoleonic Ephemeris