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Alexander I of Russia
- Battle of Arcis-sur-AubeIn late February 1814, Napoleon discovered that the Allied armies of Schwarzenberg and Blücher had separated. Blücher's army was making a lunge at Paris with…
- Battle of Lützen (1813)Napoleon's army lay in ruins after the 1812 Russian campaign. European powers saw a chance to remove him from power. Prussia declared neutrality following…
- Battle of Bautzen (1813)The Prusso-Russian army retreated in full disorder after their defeat at the Battle of Lützen. Generals Peter Wittgenstein and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher…
- Treaties of TilsitOn the 7th of July 1807, Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I met on a wooden raft floating in the middle of the Neman river. The water flowed between their two…
- Battle of DresdenOn the 16th of August 1813, Napoleon dispatched Marshal Saint-Cyr's corps to fortify Dresden. This city in modern-day Germany became a critical pivot point…
- Congress of ErfurtNapoleon, Emperor of the French, met Alexander I, Emperor of All Russia, on Tuesday the 27th of September 1808. This meeting aimed to reaffirm an alliance…
- Alexander I of RussiaAt 10:45 on the 23rd of December 1777, a baby named Alexander Pavlovich drew his first breath inside the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.
- Battle of LeipzigNapoleon invaded Russia on the 24th of June 1812 with around 685,000 troops. He entered Moscow in late 1812 after the bloody Battle of Borodino.
- Battle of Paris (1814)On the 20th of December 1813, the Army of Bohemia crossed the upper Rhine near Basel. This marked the beginning of a coordinated invasion into France by…