The Napoleonic Era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative Assembly, and the third being the Directory. The Napoleonic Era begins roughly with Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état, overthrowing the Directory, establishing the French Consulate, and ends at the Hundred Days and his defeat at Waterloo (November 9, 1799 - June 28, 1815). The Congress of Vienna soon set out to restore Europe to pre-French Revolution days.
Rulers of the Napoleonic Era
(after 1807)
- Francis I of Austria
- Frederick I - Württemberg
- Frederick William III - Prussia
- Charles IV and later Ferdinand VII - Spain
- Mary I (with John VI acting as regent) - Portugal
- Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina - Naples and the Two Sicilies
- Ferdinand III - Sicily and the Two Sicilies
- Charles Emmanuel IV - Piedmont-Sardinia
- William V of Orange - Netherlands
- Alexander I - Russian empire
- Christian VII - Denmark-Norway
- Gustav IV and later Charles XIII - Sweden
- Selim III, Mustafa IV, and Mahmud II - Ottoman Empire
- George III of Great Britain, succeeded by King George IV of the United Kingdom as regent from 1811
- Louis XVIII - Kingdom of France (6 April 1814 - 20 March 1815; 8 July 1815 - 16 Sept. 1824)
- Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison of the newly founded United States of America
Wars of the Napoleonic Era
- French Revolutionary Wars (1792 - 1802)
- Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801)
- War of the Second Coalition (1799 - 1802)
- Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815)
- Napoleon's invasion of England (1803 - 1805)
- War of the Third Coalition (1805)
- War of the Fourth Coalition (1806 - 1807)
- Gunboat War (1807 - 1814)
- Peninsular War (1808 - 1814)
- War of the Fifth Coalition (1809)
- French invasion of Russia (1812)
- War of the Sixth Coalition (1812 - 1814)
- Hundred Days (1815)
- War of 1812 (1812 - 1815)
Major battles during the Napoleonic Era
- Battle of Abukir 1801
- Battle of Aspern-Essling 1809
- Battle of Austerlitz 1805
- Battle of Bautzen 1813
- Battle of Borodino 1812
- Battle of Copenhagen 1801
- Battle of Dresden 1813
- Battle of Eckmühl 1809
- Battle of Eylau 1807
- Battle of Friedland 1807
- Battle of Jena-Auerstedt 1806
- Battle of Leipzig 1813
- Battle of Lützen 1813
- Battle of Marengo 1800
- Battle of Salamanca 1812
- Battle of Somosierra 1808
- Battle of Talavera 1809
- Battle of Trafalgar 1805
- Battle of Vimiero 1808
- Battle of Vitoria 1813
- Battle of Wagram 1809
- Battle of Waterloo 1815
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