Ephemeris - October

1st October

  1. 1800 : Signature of the Franco-Spanish Treaty of San Ildefonso.

  2. 1801 : Signature of the preliminaries of peace between England and France, represented by Otto.

  3. 1803 : Institution of the worker booklet.

  4. 1806 : Prussian ultimatum requiring that French troops leave Germany.

  5. 1808 : Goethe's first visit to Napoleon.

2 October

  1. 1808 : Goethe's second visit to Napoleon.

  2. 1813 : Blücher passes the Elbe at Wartenburg.

3 October

  1. 1813 : Fouche leaves the Illyria invaded by the Austrians.

4 October

  1. 1802 : The National Guard is giving way to a Custody Municipal.

5 October

  1. 1795 : Repression of the royalist insurrection of 13 Vendemiaire.

  2. 1804 : The English fleet captures several Spanish vessels, without any declaration of war.

6 October

  1. 1805 : The French army is called the Grand Army.

7 October

  1. 1805 : The French army crosses the Danube and marches on Vienna.

8 October

  1. 1796 : Proclamation of Independence of the states of the Duke of Modena.

  2. 1801 : Conclusion of a Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the Emperor of Russia.

  3. 1813 : Defection of Bavaria, which joins the coalition in the Treaty of Ried.

9 October

  1. 1801 : Order for future drilling of the streets of Castiglione, of the Pyramids and of Rivoli.

10 October

  1. 1800 : Failed attempt to assassinate Bonaparte organized by the sculptor Ceracchi.

  2. 1806 : Battle of Saalfeld. Death of Prince Louis of Prussia.

  3. 1813 : Victory of Napoleon over Blücher at Düben.

11 October

  1. 1805 : The French come to Munich.

12 October

  1. 1808 : Signing of an agreement renewing the alliance between the two emperors of France and of Russia.

13 October

  1. 1809 : Attempted assassination of Napoleon by Staps at Schoenbrunn.

  2. 1812 : First snow in Moscow.

  3. 1814 : Talleyrand presents at the Congress of Vienna a project to deport Napoleon to the Azores, the Caribbean or Sainte-Helene.

14 October

  1. 1805 : Fight of Elchingen.

  2. 1806 : Battle of Jena-Auerstadt.

  3. 1809 : The 1809 campaign ends with the Treaty of Peace of Vienna.

15 October

  1. 1812 : Decree of Moscow, reorganizing the French Comedie.

16 October

  1. 1795 : Bonaparte is promoted to the rank of major general.

  2. 1813 : Battle of Leipzig.

  3. 1815 : Arrival at Saint-Helena.

17 October

  1. 1797 : A peace treaty is signed at Campo Formio.

  2. 1807 : Entering of the French army in Spain.

  3. 1809 : Execution of Friedrich Staps, guilty of attempting to murder Napoleon.

  4. 1813 : Battle of Leipzig (continued).

18 October

  1. 1805 : Taken of Verona by Massena, occupation of Ancona by Gouvion Saint-Cyr.

  2. 1813 : Battle of Leipzig (end). Defection of the Saxon army.

19 October

  1. 1805 : Capitulation of Ulm.

  2. 1812 : Beginning of the retreat from Russia.

20 October

  1. 1800 : A decree deletes forty-eight thousand individuals from the list of emigrants.

  2. 1802 : A note from Talleyrand threatens England of another war if Malta is not evacuated. Bourrienne, the Secretary of Bonaparte is revoked because of fraud.

  3. 1805 : The prisonner Austrian army walks in procession in front of Napoleon.

21 October

  1. 1798 : Revolt of Cairo.

  2. 1805 : Naval Battle of Trafalgar. Death of Nelson.

22 October

  1. 1807 : Conclusion of a secret alliance between Portugal and England.

  2. 1808 : A decree substitutes the words "French Empire" to "French Republic" on coins.

  3. 1812 : Given the heroic resistance of General Dubreton and its 1 800 men, Wellington raises the siege of Burgos.

23 October

  1. 1812 : In Paris, an attempted coup d'Etat of General Malet fails.

24 October

  1. 1801 : General Leclerc is appointed head of the expedition to San Domingo, designed to recover Island.

  2. 1812 : Battle of Maloyaroslavets.

25 October

  1. 1811 : Capitulation of the city of Sagunto, facing Suchet.

26 October

  1. 1795 : Appointment of Bonaparte to command the Army of the Interior.

  2. 1797 : Ratification of the Treaty of Campo Formio by the Directory.

  3. 1803 : Marriage of Lucien Bonaparte, who will cause his quarrel with Napoleon.

  4. 1811 : French defeat in front of an Anglo-Spanish army in Arroyo Molinos.

27 October

  1. 1797 : Bonaparte is appointed as plenipotentiary at the Congress of Radstadt.

  2. 1806 : Napoleon enters Berlin.

  3. 1807 : Sharing of Portugal between France and Spain, by the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau.

28 October

  1. 1785 : Bonaparte's appointment as second lieutenant.

  2. 1793 : Bonaparte is promoted to the rank of chief of batallion.

29 October

  1. 1812 : Execution of Malet and his accomplices.

30 October

  1. 1805 : Massena's victory on the Archduke Charles at Caldiero.

  2. 1807 : Alliance between France and Denmark.

  3. 1813 : The Grand Army retired defeats the Bavarians at Hanau.

31 October

  1. 1808 : Victory of Lefebvre in Durango.

  2. 1813 : Prince Eugene and General Grenier defeat the Austrians at Bassano.

Napoleonic Ephemeris