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1 Jul 1798
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Napoleon takes Alexandria
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21 Jul 1798
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Napoleon victorious in Battle of the Pyramids
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1 Aug 1798
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Nelson defeats Napoleon in Battle of the Nile
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Sep 1798
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Turkey declares war on France
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20 Mar 1799
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French defeated by the Ottomans at the Siege of Acre
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22 Aug 1799
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Napoleon leaves Egypt for Paris in the wake of unrest between moderate and radical factions.
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9 Nov 1799
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A coup d'etat in Paris dissolves the Directory and sets up the Consulate
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25 Dec 1799
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The Constitution of the Year VIII grants sweeping powers to the first consul of the Consulate of France, Napoleon Bonaparte.
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15 Jul 1801
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Napoleon's Concordat with Pope
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27 Mar 1802
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Treaty of Amiens brings temporary peace during Napoleonic Wars
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1803
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Napoleon assembles army at Boulogne
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May 1803
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Britain declares war on France
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21 Mar 1804
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The Napoleonic Code
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28 May 1804
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Napoleon proclaims the Empire of France
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Dec 1804
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Spain declares war on Britain
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2 Dec 1804
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Coronation of Napoleon
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May 1805
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Napoleon crowned King of Italy
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21 Oct 1805
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Admiral Nelson defeats Franco at the Battle of Trafalgar
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13 Nov 1805
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Napoleon invades Vienna
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2 Dec 1805
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Napoleon's greatest victory at Battle of Austerlitz
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26 Dec 1805
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Austria signs the Treaty of Pressburg
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Jul 1806
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Confederation of the Rhine founded
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7 Jul 1807
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Napoleon and Russian emperor Alexander I sign the Treaties of Tilsit
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Sep 1808
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Napoleon meets with Alexander I of Russia
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14 Oct 1809
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Treaty of Schoenbrunn