Curated playlist
Joseph Bonaparte
- Treaty of SchönbrunnThe Treaty of Schönbrunn, also called the Peace of Schönbrunn or the Treaty of Vienna, was signed on the 14th of October 1809. France and Austria put their names to it at Schönbrunn Palace, just outside Vienna. German speakers knew it as…
- Concordat of 1801Parts of Napoleon's 1801 deal with the pope still apply in Alsace-Moselle. France ended it elsewhere in 1905.
- Julie ClaryJulie Clary was Queen of Spain but never set foot in Spain. Spaniards called her Reina ausente, the Absent Queen.
- Abdications of BayonneNapoleon took Spain's crown from a father and son without firing a shot. It happened at a French castle in May 1808.
- Joseph BonaparteJoseph Bonaparte hid on a ship under a false name while British officers searched it three times.
- Treaty of AmiensThe Treaty of Amiens took its final shape in a negotiating session that lasted five hours and ended at 3 a.m. on the 25th of March 1802. Joseph Bonaparte and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, then signed it in the Hôtel de…
- Treaty of LunévilleAt five o'clock in the evening on the 9th of February 1801, the Treaty of Lunéville was signed in the Treaty House of Lunéville. Two men put their names to it. Joseph Bonaparte acted for the French Republic. Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the…
- Napoleon's tombNapoleon's tomb took two decades to build, and its king was long dead. Napoleon III opened it in 1861.
- Battle of Paris (1814)Napoleon refused to fortify Paris in 1814, fearing walls would make him look weak.
- Battle of SomosierraAt Somosierra in 1808, 125 Polish horsemen charged sixteen Spanish cannon. It opened Napoleon's road to Madrid.