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Treaties of the First French Empire

  • 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.
  • Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)On the 11th of April 1814, Napoleon signed his abdication at the Palace of Fontainebleau. This moment ended years of conflict known as the War of the Sixth…
  • 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…