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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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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
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Mar 1811
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Napoleon's new wife Marie-Louise gives birth to a son
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Sep 1812
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Napoleon pursues Alexander I into Moscow, is forced to withdraw
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19 Oct 1813
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Napoleon's Grand Army suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Leipzig (a.k.a. Battle of the Nations).
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Mar 1814
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Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Britain sign the Treaty of Chaumont against Napoleon
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6 Apr 1814
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Abdication of Napoleon
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11 Apr 1814
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Napoleon Exiled to Elba
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1 Mar 1815
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Escaping exile on Elba, Napoleon Bonaparte lands at Cannes with 1,500 men. Marching inland, he receives the support of republican peasants and wins over the soldiers dispatched to arrest him.
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20 Mar 1815
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Napoleon arrives in Paris, where he regains power by association with the French Revolution.
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20 Mar 1815
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The Hundred Days: Napoleon briefly regains power in France
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16 Jun 1815
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Napoleon defeats the Prussians at Ligny, Belgium.
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18 Jun 1815
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Battle of Waterloo
