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19th century in France

  • War of the Second CoalitionOn the 11th of June 1798, General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers directed a landing of several thousand French troops at strategic locations around the island of…
  • French invasion of Egypt and SyriaNapoleon Bonaparte departed from Toulon in May 1798 with a fleet of around 36,000 troops. His goal was to undermine British trade routes and expand French…
  • Bourbon Restoration in FranceOn the 6th of April 1814, the armies of the Sixth Coalition marched into Paris and restored Louis XVIII to the throne. This moment marked the end of…
  • French First RepublicMobs of Parisians broke into the city's prisons during the first week of September 1792. They killed over half of the prisoners, including nobles and…
  • Continental SystemNapoleon issued the Berlin Decree on the 21st of November 1806. This document forbade all import of British goods into European countries allied with France.