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| 1801 | Abercromby, Ralph Battle of Alexandria |  |
| Alexandria Defeats the French under Menou but dies of wounds inflicted during battle |
| 1800 | Abercromby, Ralph Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the British troops in the Mediterranean |
| 1801 | Abercromby, Ralph Death | |
| Alexandria Death of Ralph Abercromby, killed in battle |
| 1801 | Abercromby, Ralph Invasion of Egypt | |
| Commands an Anglo-Turkish invasion force |
| 1806 | Acton, John Francis Edward Capture of Naples | |
| London Napoleon captures Naples & Acton is forced into exile |
| 1801 | Addington, Henry Peace | |
| 25th Mar Amiens England keeps SriLanka & Trinidad & Malta restored to the Knights of St John |
| 25th Mar Amiens France keeps her continental conquests |
| 25th Mar Amiens Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called 'Great French War'. |
| 25th Mar Amiens Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom |
| 1802 | Addington, Henry Rule of Cape Colony | |
| Cape Colony Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt |
| 1801 | Addington, Henry Rule of Ceylon | |
| 25th Mar Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded SriLanka |
| 1802 | Addington, Henry Rule of Egypt | |
| Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt |
| 1802 | Addington, Henry Rule of Malta | |
| Under the treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral |
| 1801 | Addington, Henry Rule of Trinidad | |
| 25th Mar Trinidad Under the treaty of Amiens Britain is awarded Trinidad |
| 1802 | Addington, Henry Rule of West Indies | |
| Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt |
| 1802 | Addington, Henry Treaty of Amiens | |
| Amiens An unfavourable peace is signed with France which quickly breaks down & leads to Pitt's return to power |
| Amiens The treaty is made possible by William Pitt's resignation on a separate issue with Addington replacing him, the British negotiators are led by Robert Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool |
| Amiens The treaty of Amiens confirms "peace, friendship, and good understanding" & arranges for the restoration of prisoners & hostages |
| Amiens Under the treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt |
| Under the treaty of Amiens France withdraws from the Papal States; it fixed the borders of French Guiana; Malta, Gozo, and Comino are restored to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the islands are declared neutral |
| 25th Mar Amiens Together with the treaty of Lun‚ville (1801) the treaty of Amiens marks the end of the Second Coalition |
| 1811 | Beresford, William Battle of Albuhera | |
| 16th May Albuhera Beresford's Allied army defeats the French |
| 1813 | Cadogan, Henry Battle of Vittorio | |
| 21st June Vittorio The brother of Wellington's former wife is killed in battle |
| 1812 | Canning, George Treaty of Bucharest | |
| Bucharest Diverts Russia from Turkey so it can concentrate on defending Moscow from Napoleon |
| Bucharest Negotiates the Treaty of Bucharest between Russia & Turkey |
| Bucharest Restores peace between Russia & Turkey by means of Russian withdrawal from the Danube |
| 1807 | Congreve, William Battle of Copenhagen | |
| Sep Copenhagen Claims his rockets have caused 1 million pounds worth of damage |
| 1798 | Cornwallis, Charles Invasion of Ireland | |
| Forces France to give up the invasion of Ireland by defeating a rebellion |
| 1802 | Cornwallis, Charles Treaty of Amiens | |
| Amiens Helps negotiate the Treaty of Amiens |
| 1799 | Cornwallis, William Admiral | |
| Appointed Admiral |
| 1795 | Cornwallis, William Battle of Brest | |
| Brest Engages in a skrimish with the French Fleet |
| 1796 | Cornwallis, William Commander | |
| Appointed Commander of the West Indies |
| Appointed Commander of the English Channel |
| 1794 | Cornwallis, William Vice Admiral | |
| Appointed Vice Admiral |
| 1807 | Dalrymple, Hew Commander | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France |
| 1807 | Dalrymple, Hew Invasion of Portugal | |
| Aug Appointed Commander-in-Chief for the liberation of Portugal from France |
| 1807 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple Decree Berlin Decree | |
| 7th Jan London Answers Napoleon's decree by British Order in Council closing coastal waters to France |
| 1813 | Hamilton-Gordon, George Battle of Leipzig | |
| 19th Oct Leipzig Witnesses what he regards as the horror of war at Leipzig, "It haunts one night & day" |
| 1800 | Jervis, John Blockade of Brest | |
| Brest Begins a British blockade of Brest |
| 1801 | Jervis, John Rebellion | |
| Channel Flee Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet |
| English Channel Defeats sedition in the Channel Fleet |
| 1809 | Moore, John Battle of Corunna | |
| 16th Jan Corunna Fights the battle as his troops are embarking for home |
| 16th Jan Corunna Killed in battle |
| 16th Jan Corunna The battle diverts Napoleon from engulfing Spain with a single manoeuvre as planned |
| 1808 | Moore, John Battle of Sahagun | |
| 21st Dec Sahagun Defeats Marshal Soult's cavalry but still has to withdraw from the Peninsular |
| 1808 | Moore, John Battle of Tudela | |
| 23rd Nov Tudela Retreats from the Iberian Peninsular after the Spanish are defeated by Napoleon |
| 1809 | Moore, John Death | |
| 16th Jan Corunna Death of John Moore, killed at the battle of Corunna |
| 1807 | Moore, John Invasion of Portugal | |
| 15th July Sent to Portugal with 10,000 men |
| Dec Salamanca Concentrates his army of 28,000 at Salamanca |
| 10th Dec Corunna Moves his base to Corunna in preparation for invasion by Napoleon |
| 1808 | Moore, John Invasion of Spain | |
| Oct Leads an Allied invasion of Spain |
| 1801 | Nelson, Horatio Battle of Copenhagen | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Destroys or captures 17 Danish ships |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Sinks the Danish fleet & ensures the Baltic ports remain open |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle ends the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia & Prussia |
| 2nd April Copenhagen The battle of Copenhagen is followed by the Treaty of Amiens |
| 1805 | Nelson, Horatio Battle of Trafalgar | |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar 18 French & Spanish ships surrender without any British loss |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Napoleon wants his Fleet to cross the Atlantic, join the Spanish & attack England |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Traps Villenueve outside Cadiz off Trafalgar |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve leaves shelter in Cadiz to invade England but is defeated by Nelson |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve retreats to Toulon & Nelson tempts out the French fleet |
| 1805 | Nelson, Horatio Blockade of Toulon | |
| 17th Jan Toulon The French under Villeneuve decide to dash to Gibraltar after 20 month siege |
| 19th Jan Agincourt Sound Nelson receives a signal at "Agincourt Sound" that the French are at Sea |
| 22nd Jan Toulon The French Fleet escape from Toulon & the British Fleet lose contact with it |
| 30th Jan Messina Decides to head east through the Straits of Messina in persuit of the French Fleet |
| 30th Jan Messina Decides to head eastwards through the Straits of Messina after the French Fleet |
| 19th Feb Malta Sails from Alexandria to Malta & learns that Villeneuve has returned to Toulon |
| 1803 | Nelson, Horatio Commander | |
| London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranaen |
| 1805 | Nelson, Horatio Invasion of Britain | |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve leaves shelter in Cadiz to invade England but is defeated by Nelson |
| 1805 | Nelson, Horatio Invasion of England | |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion |
| 1805 | Nelson, Horatio Siege of Toulon | |
| 17th Jan Toulon The French under Villeneuve decide to dash to Gibraltar after 20 month siege |
| 1801 | Parker, Hyde Battle of Copenhagen | |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker & Nelson defeat the Danish fleet |
| 2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see |
| 1793 | Pitt the Younger, William Alliance | |
| Forms a coalition with Russia, Sardinia, Spain, Naples, Prussia, Austria & Portugal |
| 1800 | Pitt the Younger, William Capture of Malta | |
| 5th Sep Malta French occupation troops on Malta surrender to the British |
| 1804 | Pitt the Younger, William Coalition, 3rd | |
| Dec An Anglo-Swedish agreement leads to the creation of the Third Coalition |
| St Petersburg Britain, not involved on the European continent due to fears of an impending French invasion, dealt a crushing blow to a combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in October and secured mastery of the seas |
| St Petersburg Britain & Russia sign an agreement directed against France & begin the 3rd Coalition |
| Mutual suspicion between the British and the Russians eased in the face of several French political mistakes, and by April of 1805 the two had signed a treaty of Alliance |
| Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at the British Isles, around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France |
| St Petersburg The War of the Third Coalition was a military conflict between an Alliance of, primarily, the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire, and the United Kingdom against Napoleon's recently formed French Empire |
| 26th Dec Austerlitz effectively brings the Third Coalition to an end & on December 26, 1805, Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war |
| 1805 | Pitt the Younger, William Head of Admiralty Pitt the Younger | |
| Appointed Head of the Admiralty |
| 1805 | Pitt the Younger, William Property Tax Increase | |
| London Increases Property Tax by 25% |
| 1801 | Pitt the Younger, William Treaty of Amiens | |
| 27th Mar London Pitt agrees a peace with France for the sake of security |
| 27th Mar Amiens Pitt has none of the ideological objections he had with the revolutionary regimes |
| 27th Mar Amiens Pitt recognizes the French Directorate |
| 1805 | Pitt the Younger, William Treaty of Pressburg Britain | |
| 26th Dec Pressburg Austerlitz effectively brings the Third Coalition to an end & on December 26, 1805, Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war |
| 1807 | Spencer, Brent Invasion of Portugal | |
| 14th June Appointed 2nd-in-Command to Wellington |
| 1812 | Stewart Alliance | |
| 4th Mar Leads the coalition against Napoleon & prevents Allies dealing separately with France |
| 1814 | Wellesley, Arthur Ambassador | |
| 5th July Paris Appointed Ambassador |
| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur Award Order of the Garter | |
| 4th Mar Awarded the Order of the Garter |
| 1811 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Albuhera | |
| 16th May Albuhera The French are unable to relieve the siege of Badajoz after defeat at Albuhera |
| 16th May Albuhera Wellington defeats the French under Marshal Nicolas Soult |
| 1810 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Busaco | |
| 27th Sep Busaco Defeats Marshal Massena |
| 1807 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Copenhagen | |
| Aug Copenhagen Wellington's brigade is reponsible defending supply lines |
| 8th Sep Copenhagen The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen |
| 1811 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro | |
| 8th May Fuentes d'Onoro Defeats Massena |
| 1807 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Kioge | |
| 29th Aug Kioge Wellington's brigade drives away a Danish force & captures 1,700 |
| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Nive | |
| 12th Dec Nive Defeats Soult |
| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Nivelle | |
| 10th Nov Nivelle Defeats Soult |
| 1809 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Oporto | |
| 12th May Oporto Makes a surprise attack across the River Douro & drives the French from Oporto |
| 1814 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Orthez | |
| 27th Feb Orthez Defeats Soult |
| 1815 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Quatre Bras | |
| 16th June Quatre Bras Battle of Quatre Bras |
| 17th June Mont Jean Withdraws to Mont St Jean |
| 1808 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Rolica | |
| 17th Aug Rolica Defeats General Delaborde |
| 1807 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Roskilde | |
| 26th Aug Roskilde Wellington's brigade drives away a Danish force of 4,000 |
| 1812 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Salamanca | |
| 17th June Salamanca Wellington's Allied Army enters Salamanca unopposed |
| 22nd July Salamanca Wellington defeats a French force of 40,000 under Marmont, opening the way to Madrid |
| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Sorauren | |
| 30th July Sorauren Defeats Soult |
| 1809 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Talavera | |
| 28th July Talavera Defeats King Joseph & Marshal Jourdan |
| 28th July Talavera Wellington is victorious, rewarded with the title Duke of Wellington |
| 1814 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Toulouse | |
| 10th April Toulouse Defeats Soult |
| 1808 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Vimeiro | |
| 21st Aug Vimiero British victory leads to the Convention of Cintra |
| 21st Aug Vimiero The British defeat the French during a Spannish rebellion |
| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Vitoria | |
| 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 |
| 1813 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Vittorio | |
| 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 |
| 1815 | Wellesley, Arthur Battle of Waterloo | |
| 18th June Waterloo At 9PM Wellington & Blucher meet between La Belle-Alliance & Rossome |
| 18th June Waterloo Helps end Napoleon's "100 days" rule, Napoleon's final Battle |
| 18th June Waterloo Napoleon commands 72,000 |
| 18th June Waterloo The Allies have a force of 68,000 British, Belgians, Dutch & Germans under Wellington |
| 18th June Waterloo The British lose close to 15,000 & the French 25,000 killed & wounded |
| 18th June La Belle Wellington & Blucher join up at La Belle Alliance a |
