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Napoleon - Wikipedia In the War of the Fourth Coalition, Napoleon defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806, marched his Grande Armée into Eastern Europe, and defeated the Russians in 1807 at the Battle of Friedland
Timeline of the Napoleonic Era - Encyclopedia Britannica The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts between Napoleon ’s France and a shifting web of alliances among other European powers The wars lasted from about 1800 to 1815, and for a brief time they made Napoleon the master of Europe
Napoleon Bonaparte - Biography, Facts Death | HISTORY Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century Born on the island of Corsica,
Napoleonic Period Collection In 1799, he led a coup d'état and was appointed First Consul; within a few years he named himself Emperor and set out to claim an empire Over the next ten years, the armies of France under his command fought almost every European power, and acquired control of most of continental Europe by conquest or alliance
Napoleon and the Unification of Europe "I wished to found a European system, a European Code of Laws, a European judiciary: there would be but one people in Europe," declared Napoleon nearly 200 years before Europe finally unifies under the new currency of the European Union
Napoleonic Europe | EHNE Heir to a Europe of sister republics to the Directory, Napoleonic Europe reached its apex in 1810-1811 It gave rise to a mosaic of more or less complete transfers of the French model, as well as a desire for dynastic integration on the part of the Bonapartes
Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia Hoping to isolate and weaken Britain economically through his Continental System, Napoleon launched an invasion of Portugal, the only remaining British ally in continental Europe
History of Europe - Napoleonic Era, Revolution, Conflict | Britannica Napoleon ruled for 15 years, closing out the quarter-century so dominated by the French Revolution His own ambitions were to establish a solid dynasty within France and to create a French-dominated empire in Europe
Napoleon Bonaparte: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Leader In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France, solidifying his position as the country's absolute ruler With a firm grip on power, he set his sights on expanding the French empire and establishing French dominance in Europe