Ephemeris - March

1st March

  1. 1808 : Establishment of a hereditary nobility in the French Empire.

  2. 1813 : Signature of a treaty of alliance between King of Prussia and Russia.

  3. 1814 : Chaumont Treaty between the allies. They claim they are related against France for twenty years.

  4. 1815 : Napoleon's landing at Golfe-Juan (commune of Vallauris).

2 March

  1. 1796 : Appointment of Bonaparte to the command of the army of Italy.

  2. 1808 : Caulaincourt, Napoleon's ambassador to Saint Petersburg and the Russian Foreign Minister initiate discussions on dismantling of the Ottoman Empire.

  3. 1809 : Metternich informs Champagny that the movements of French troops in Germany are considered by Austria as a statement of war.

3 March

  1. 1800 : Closing of the list of emigrants.

  2. 1809 : Madison succeeds to Jefferson as President of the United States of America.

4 March

  1. 1801 : Start of the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson in the new capital of the United States, Washington.

5 March

  1. 1815 : The French government is informed of the landing of Napoleon.

6 March

  1. 1801 : A British expeditionary force lands in Egypt, under command of General Abercromby.

7 March

  1. 1799 : Taking of Jaffa.

  2. 1808 : Fontanes becomes Grand Master of the University.

  3. 1814 : Victory of Craonne.

8 March

  1. 1800 : Creation of the police prefecture of Paris.

  2. 1801 : The four departments of the left bank of Rhine are united to France.

  3. 1805 : Representatives of the Italian consult offer the Crown of Italy to Napoleon.

9 March

  1. 1796 : Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais.

  2. 1804 : Arrest of Cadoudal.

  3. 1805 : Napoleon announces to the Senate his intention to accept the Italian crown.

  4. 1814 : Battle of Laon.

  5. 2008 : First referencement of the site napoleon-empire.net :)

10 March

  1. 1803 : Regulation of the practice of medicine.

  2. 1814 : Battle of Laon (end).

  3. 1815 : Entry of Napoleon at Lyons.

11 March

  1. 1799 : Bonaparte's visit to patient of plague in the hospital of Jaffa.

  2. 1811 : Taking of Badajoz by Soult.

  3. 1812 : Riots in Caen.

  4. 1813 : The Russians enter in Berlin.

12 March

  1. 1807 : Beginning of the siege of Danzig.

  2. 1814 : Entrance of the Duke of Angouleme into Bordeaux.

13 March

  1. 1811 : Ney's victory over the English at Redinha.

  2. 1814 : Victory of Reims.

14 March

  1. 1800 : Election of new pope, Cardinal Chiaramonti, who takes the name Pius VII.

  2. 1801 : Resignation of William Pitt, replaced as head of United Kingdom government by Henry Addington.

15 March

  1. 1804 : Arrest of the Duke of Enghien.

16 March

  1. 1797 : Battle of Tagliamento.

  2. 1803 : Organization of Notaries.

17 March

  1. 1805 : Proclamation of Napoleon as King of Italy.

  2. 1808 : Publication of a decree regulating the exercise of Israelite religion.

  3. 1813 : Declaration of war by Prussia to France.

18 March

  1. 1801 : Signature of Peace of Florence between the Kingdom of Naples and France.

  2. 1802 : Exclusion of the main opposition leaders from the Tribunate.

  3. 1806 : Establishment of employment tribunals.

  4. 1808 : Insurrection of the Spanish people against the departure of the royal family for America.

19 March

  1. 1797 : Taking of Gradisca.

  2. 1808 : Abdication of King Charles IV of Spain for his son Ferdinand VII; overthrow of Godoy.

  3. 1815 : Leakage of Louis XVIII.

20 March

  1. 1800 : Général Kléber wins the battle of Heliopolis

  2. 1804 : Arrival of the Duke of Enghien in Vincennes and appearance before a military commission.

  3. 1811 : Birth of Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome.

  4. 1814 : Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.

  5. 1815 : Triumphal arrival of Napoleon in Paris. Constitution of a government.

21 March

  1. 1801 : Meeting of the Duchy of Parma to France. Signature of the Treaty of Aranjuez between France and Spain. Defeat of the French Eastern Army at Canopus.

  2. 1804 : Execution of the Duke of Enghien. Promulgation of the "Civil Code of the French".

  3. 1815 : Recent appointments to the government of the Empire: Carnot and Caulaincourt.

22 March

  1. 1813 : Return of the King of Prussia in Berlin.

23 March

  1. 1801 : Murdering of Tsar Paul I.

  2. 1808 : The French enter in Madrid.

  3. 1814 : Augereau evacuates Lyon.

24 March

  1. 1803 : The Diet of Regensburg adopts the Recess that changes from top to bottom the political balance of Germany.

  2. 1808 : The judiciary is "purified" of elements from the Revolution.

  3. 1813 : The Pope retracts; he denounces the Concordat of Fontainebleau.

25 March

  1. 1802 : Signature of the Treaty of Amiens with England.

  2. 1815 : The Treaty of Vienna joins the Allies against Napoleon.

26 March

  1. 1812 : Entry of the Prussians in Dresden.

27 March

  1. 1804 : The Senate examines a motion asking Bonaparte to change his authority into an hereditary power.

  2. 1808 : The provinces of Urbino, Macerata, Ancona and Camerino, which are parts of the Holy See, are united to the Kingdom of Italy. Excommunication of Napoleon.

  3. 1815 : Cancellation by the State Council of the revocation of Napoleon.

28 March

  1. 1803 : The value of the franc is fixed to five grams of silver.

29 March

  1. 1801 : Signing of a treaty with the kingdom of Naples.

  2. 1814 : Marie-Louise and the King of Rome leave Paris.

  3. 1815 : Despite the advice of Napoleon, Murat triggers war against Austria in Italy.

30 March

  1. 1805 : Admiral Villeneuve manages to leave the port of Toulon in deceiving the vigilance of Nelson who blocked him.

  2. 1806 : Appointment of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Naples.

  3. 1813 : Establishment of a Regency Council: Marie-Louise becomes Regent, Cambaceres is appointed privy councilor.

31 March

  1. 1808 : The Csar accepts the French proposal for sharing the Ottoman Empire but requires to receive Constantinople.

  2. 1814 : Signature of the capitulation of Paris. The Allies enter in Paris.

Napoleonic Ephemeris