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Frederick William III of Prussia
- 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…
- Altes MuseumKing Frederick William III of Prussia issued a directive in the early nineteenth century to create a public museum for the bourgeoisie.
- 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…
- Humboldt University of BerlinHumboldt University of Berlin stands on the Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic heart of a city that has witnessed more than two centuries of…
- Frederick William III of PrussiaFrederick William III entered the world on the 3rd of August 1770 in Potsdam. His father Frederick William II of Prussia neglected him during his childhood…
- Battle of Jena–AuerstedtNapoleon I of France thrust a force of 180,000 men through the Franconian Forest in October 1806. This massive army moved against the Fourth Coalition while…
- 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…