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| Alliance Metternich |  |
| Vienna Helps form an Alliance with Russia against France |
| Alliance Murat |  |
| 11th Jan Naples Murat deserts Napoleon for the Allies |
| Alliance Napoleon I | |
| 11th Jan Naples Murat deserts Napoleon for the Allies |
| Alliance Maximilian I Joseph |  |
| Agrees an Alliance with Austria against France |
| Armistice Napoleon I | |
| 2nd June Pleischwitz The armistice of Pleischwitz |
| Award Order of the Garter Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| 4th Mar Awarded the Order of the Garter |
| Battle of Araure Monteverde, Juan Domingo |  |
| 5th Dec Araure Bolivar defeats General Juan Domingo Monteverde |
| Battle of Araure Bolivar, Simon |  |
| 5th Dec Araure Bolivar defeats General Juan Domingo Monteverde |
| Battle of Bautzen Napoleon I | |
| 20th May Bautzen Follows Napoleon's capture of Dresden |
| 20th May Bautzen Wishes to inflict a defeat on Prussia for deserting his cause |
| Battle of Bautzen Ney, Michel | |
| 20th May Bautzen Helps Napoleon defeat a combinec force of Prussians & Russians |
| Battle of Bautzen Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu | |
| 20th May Bautzen Helps Napoleon defeat a combinec force of Prussians & Russians |
| Battle of Bautzen Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| 20th May Bautzen Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation |
| Battle of Bautzen Wittgenstein | |
| 20th May Bautzen The Russians & Prussians are driven from the east bank of the Spree |
| 20th May Bautzen Wittgenstein is allowed to retreat because of Ney's late attack |
| Battle of Dennewitz Ney | |
| 6th Sep Dennewitz Attempts to capture Berlin but is defeated |
| Battle of Dennewitz Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| 6th Sep Dennewitz Bavaria withdraws from the war & German states waver in their support of the French |
| 6th Sep Dennewitz Bulow assumes overall Allied command of the battle from Bernadotte |
| 6th Sep Dennewitz Bulow comes to Bernadotte's relief & drives Ney back |
| 6th Sep Dennewitz Defeats Ney at Dennewitz during his march on Berlin |
| Battle of Dresden Napoleon I | |
| 26th Aug Dresden French victory against the Prussians & Russians |
| 26th Aug Dresden The French lose 10,000 & the Allies 38,000 |
| Battle of Dresden Alexander I |  |
| 26th Aug Dresden The battle of Dresden is Napoleon's last major victory against the allied forces of Austria, Russia and Prussia |
| Battle of Gross Beeren Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| 23rd Aug Goss Beeren Defeats Oudinot at Gross Beeren & Klein Beeren halting the French march on Berlin |
| Battle of Hanau Napoleon I | |
| 30th Oct Hanau Retreats from Leipzig & battles through an Austrian-Bavarian force |
| Battle of Haynau Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Haynau Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation |
| Battle of Katzbach Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Katzbach Defeats the Army of Macdonald |
| Battle of Klein Beeren Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| 23rd Aug Klein Beeren Defeats Oudinot at Gross Beeren & Klein Beeren halting the French march on Berlin |
| Battle of Lake Champla Prevost, George | |
| 11th Sep Lake Champla Marches on New York from Montreal but is turned back at Lake Champlan |
| Battle of Lastaguanes Bolivar, Simon | |
| May Lastaguanes Defeats a Spanish force |
| Battle of Leipzig Schwarzenburg, Karl Philipp zu | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig Helps defeat Napoleon |
| Battle of Leipzig Napoleon I | |
| 2nd May Leipzig Napoleon flees into the city having lost 60,000 men |
| 2nd May Leipzig Reinforcements fail to arrive & the Saxons change sides |
| 2nd May Leipzig The Confederation dissolves after Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig |
| Oct Leipzig Defeated by the Fourth Coalition |
| Oct Leipzig Napoleon arranges his army around Leipzig, but concentrates his force from Taucha through Sttteritz (where Napoleon placed his command), The Prussians advance from Wartenburg, the Austrians & Russians from Dresden & the Swedish force from the north |
| 16th Oct Leipzig In total, the French have around 190,000 soldiers and the Allies almost 330,000 with both sides having significant artillery, there were over two and a half thousand pieces of ordnance on the field |
| 16th Oct Leipzig The allied offensives achieve little and are soon forced back, but Napoleon's outnumbered forces are unable to break the allied lines, resulting in a hard fought stalemate |
| 16th Oct Leipzig The battle beginswith an attack by 78,000 Allied troops from the south and 54,000 from the north, with Napoleon using the bulk of his army in the south |
| 18th Oct Leipzig The 6th Coalition is arranged with Field Marshal Blcher (Prussian) & Crown Prince Carl Johan of Sweden to the north, Generals Barclay De Tolly, Bennigsen (Russian) & Prince von Hessen-Homburg (Austrian) to the south & Gyulay (Austrian) to the north |
| 18th Oct Leipzig The Allies launch a huge assault from all sides, in over nine hours of fighting, in which both sides suffer heavy casualties, the French troops prevent a breakthrough but are slowly forced back towards Leipzig |
| 19th Oct Leipzig During the fighting, 5,400 Saxons of Jean Reynier's VII Corps defect to the Allies, Napoleon sees that the battle is a lost cause and on the night of the 18th-19th he begins to withdraw the majority of his army across the river Elster |
| Battle of Leipzig Reynier, Jean | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig During the fighting, 5,400 Saxons of Jean Reynier's VII Corps defect to the Allies, Napoleon sees that the battle is a lost cause and on the night of the 18th-19th he begins to withdraw the majority of his army across the river Elster |
| Battle of Leipzig Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| 16th Oct Leipzig Leads the Prussian forces at the Battle of Leipzig |
| 16th Oct Leipzig To the North, the unexpected arrival of Blucher's Army of Silesia ties down French reserves badly needed for the French main effort |
| 18th Oct Leipzig Blucher gains ground in the North but is stopped short of blocking the French retreat route, a number of Saxon and Wurttemberger units defect to the Coalition |
| 18th Oct Leipzig The 6th Coalition is arranged with Field Marshal Blcher (Prussian) & Crown Prince Carl Johan of Sweden to the north, Generals Barclay De Tolly, Bennigsen (Russian) & Prince von Hessen-Homburg (Austrian) to the south & Gyulay (Austrian) to the north |
| 19th Oct Leipzig French retreat is underway with most of the army's trains and cavalry & infantry corps cross the Lindeneau bridge & march to safety |
| Battle of Leipzig Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig Helps defeat the Napoleonic forces |
| Battle of Leipzig Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig Witnesses what he regards as the horror of war at Leipzig, "It haunts one night & day" |
| Battle of Leipzig Alexander I | |
| 16th Oct Leipzig During the battle of Leipzig (aka Battle of the Nations) Napoleon faces Prussia, Austria and Russia and suffers one of his worst defeats |
| Battle of Leipzig Benningsen | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig Commands Russian army on the right wing |
| Battle of Luckau Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| 4th June Luckau Defeats Oudinot & Gross beeren at Luckau |
| Battle of Lutzen Napoleon I | |
| 20th May Lutzen A technical victory because Wittgenstein retreats into Silesia |
| 20th May Lutzen Napoleon breaks through Wittgenstein's centre |
| 20th May Lutzen Napoleons Army of 110,000 defeat the Allied Army of 73,000 |
| 20th May Lutzen The French lose 25,000 to the Allies' 11,000 |
| 20th May Lutzen The Russians & Prussians are driven from the east bank of the Spree |
| 20th May Lutzen Wittgenstein is allowed to retreat because of Ney's late attack |
| Battle of Lutzen Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| 20th May Lutzen Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation |
| Battle of Mockern Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Mockern Defeats the Army of Marmont |
| Wartenburg Cross es the River Elbe |
| Battle of Mockern Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm | |
| 4th April Mockern Fights at the battle of Mockern |
| Battle of Nive Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 12th Dec Nive Defeats Soult |
| Battle of Nivelle Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 10th Nov Nivelle Defeats Soult |
| Battle of Sorauren Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 30th July Sorauren Defeats Soult |
| Battle of Thames Harrsison, William Henry |  |
| Tecumseh Wins the battle of Thames over Tecumseh |
| Battle of Vitoria Napoleon I | |
| 21st June Vitoria The decisive victory by Wellington in the Peninsular War |
| 21st June Vitoria The French are defeated by Wellington & Joseph is forced to retreat over the Pyrenees |
| Battle of Vitoria Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 29th May Miranda Arrives at Miranda do Douro in an effort to outflank the French |
| 3rd June Touro Wellington's 2 main Armies unite at Touro, north of the River Douro |
| 21st June Vittorio Decisive victory of the Peninsular war, Joseph Bonaparte retreats to France |
| 21st June Vittorio Wellington's 78,000 army defeat 57,000 French, 5,000 French & 6,0000 Allied casualties |
| Battle of Vittorio Bonaparte | |
| 13th June Burgos Joseph blows up Burgos while retreating from Wellington's forces |
| 17th June River Zadorra Establishes a 3 line defensive formation of 57,000 behind the River Zadorra |
| 21st June Vittorio Manages to get 55,000 French back into France over the Pyrenees |
| 21st June Vittorio Wellington forces the French across the Pyrenees |
| Battle of Vittorio Cadogan, Henry | |
| 21st June Vittorio The brother of Wellington's former wife is killed in battle |
| Battle of Vittorio Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 21st June Vittorio Attempts to stop the French retreating to France |
| 21st June Vittorio Calls off the battle 5 miles up the Pamplona road |
| 21st June Vittorio Defeats King Joseph |
| 21st June Vittorio Forces the French back across the Pyrenees |
| Battle of Wartenberg Napoleon I | |
| 8th Oct Wartenberg Blucher defeats Bertrand |
| Birth Kierkegaard, Soren |  |
| Birth of Soren Kierkegaard |
| Birth Wagner, Richard | |
| 22nd May Birth of Richard Wagner |
| Birth Bessemer, Henry | |
| 19th Jan Hertfordshire Birth of Henry Bessemer |
| Birth Cardwell | |
| Birth of Edward Cardwell |
| Birth Livingstone, David | |
| 29th Mar Birth of David Livingstone |
| Birth Verdi, Giuseppe |  |
| Birth of Giuseppe Verdi |
| Birth Fremont, John | |
| 22nd Jan Savannah Birth of John Fremont |
| Capture of Caracas Bolivar, Simon | |
| 16th July Caracas Captures Caracas from the Spanish, gains the title of "el Libertador" |
| Capture of Detroit Harrison, William Henry | |
| Detroit Harris on captures Detroit from the British |
| Capture of Madrid Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 17th May Madrid Captures Madrid |
| 17th May Madrid Forces Napoleon's forces to the Ebro River where they are defeated at Vittorio |
| Capture of Ocana Bolivar, Simon | |
| Ocana Captures Ocana from the Spanish |
| Capture of Seringapatam Gamble, John Marshall | |
| Seringapatam Cammands the USS Greenwich which captures an armed British whaler |
| Chief of Staff Radetzky, Johann Joseph Wenzel Anton | |
| Vienna Appointed sas the Chief-of-Staff. 1st term |
| Vienna Appointed Chief-of-Staff, 1st term |
| Colonel Suchet | |
| Nov Appointed Colonel General of the Imperial Guard |
| Commander Schwarzenburg, Karl Philipp zu | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Silesia |
| Leads the Prussian forces at the Battle of Leipzig |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Silesia |
| Composition Beethoven, Ludwig van | |
| Vitoria Composition of, "Wellington's Victory" in honour of the battle of Vitoria |
| Composition Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Composition of, "Wellington's Victory" in honour of the battle of Vitoria |
| Concordat Napoleon I | |
| 25th Jan Pius VII signs a concordat with Napoleon |
| Concordat Pius VII | |
| 25th Jan Pius VII signs a concordat with Napoleon |
| Congress of Vienna Metternich | |
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