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Napoleonic Wars treaties
- Treaty of SchönbrunnAustrian forces under Archduke Charles repulsed French troops at the Battle of Aspern on 21-the 22nd of May 1809. This victory offered a brief hope before…
- Peace of Pressburg (1805)The Battle of Austerlitz ended on the 2nd of December 1805 with a decisive French victory. Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the combined forces of Russia and…
- 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…
- Treaty of FinckensteinNapoleon I sought to strike at the British Empire from a new direction in 1807. He needed an ally who could threaten India, the jewel of his enemy's crown.
- Abdications of BayonneOn the 27th of October 1807, an unsuccessful attempt by the Prince of Asturias to end Manuel Godoy's government revealed deep instability within Spain.
- Convention of CintraOn the 21st of August 1808, French forces under Jean-Andoche Junot stood defeated at Vimeiro. Anglo-Portuguese troops commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley had…
- Treaty of AmiensThe War of the Second Coalition began with early victories for the coalition forces in Egypt, Italy, and Germany. France soon turned the tide with decisive…
- Treaty of LunévilleThe Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on the 14th of June 1800. Jean Victor Moreau then crushed the Austrians at…