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Napoleonic Timeline: Gallery

Brienne Military school
1769
From Ajaccio to Brienne and Auxonne
Fort-Balaguier in Toulon
1789
The French Revolution. The siege of Toulon
Saint-Roch church in Paris
1794
Robespierre's fall. The 13 Vendémiaire
Castiglione delle Stiviere
1796
Campaign in Italy. Lodi, Castiglione, Arcole
Rivoli Veronese
1797
Campaign in Italy. Rivoli. Campo-Formio peace treaty
The Pyramids of Giza
1798
Campaign in Egypt (beginning). Battle of the Pyramids
The coup of 18 Brumaire
1799
Campaign in Egypt (end). The coup of 18 Brumaire
Statue of the First Consul in Marengo
1800
Establishment of the Consulat
The Concordat of 1801
1801
The Consulat. The power structure
The Légion d'honneur medal
1802
Peace with England. The Consulate for life
Louisiana purchase
1803
Moving towards the Empire
Notre-Dame de Paris
1804
Establishment of the Empire. The coronation
The Austerlitz sunrise
1805
The war. Trafalgar. Austerlitz
The battle of Jena
1806
Campaign in Prussia. From Jena to Berlin
The meeting in Tilsit
1807
Campaign in Poland. Preussisch-Eylau and Friedland. Tilsit
Tres de Mayo
1808
Beginning of the Peninsular war
The Danube near Vienna
1809
Campaign in Germany and Austria. Eckmühl, Aspern-Essling, Wagram
Wedding with Maria-Luisa
1810
Alliance with Austria. Wedding with Maria-Luisa
Birth of the King of Rome
1811
Birth of the King of Rome
Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed in Moscow
1812
French Invasion of Russia. Borodino. Berezina
Commemorative monument of the battle of Leipzig
1813
German campaign. Dresden. Leipzig
Statue of Napoleon at Craonne
1814
Campaign in northeast France. Exile to Elba
The Lion's mound in Waterloo
1815
The Hundred-days. Waterloo.
Map of Saint-Helena
1816
Exile to Saint-Helena. Napoleon's death
Dome of Les Invalides in Paris
1840
Return of Napoleon's ashes. Burial in Paris

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