January 1806
1st January 1806 – The Senate received the flags captured during the campaign in Austria .
5 January 1806 – The Mayors of Paris voted the building of an arch of triumph at Napoleon's glory.
7 January 1806 ‒ Napoleon demanded that Pius VII would close all ports in the Papal States to English ships.
13 January 1806 ‒ Marriage of Eugène de Beauharnais and Augusta-Amelia of Bavaria, eldest daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (Maximilian I. Joseph König von Bayern) .
17 January 1806 ‒ Napoléon left Munich [München], where he had been staying since December 31.
19 January 1806 ‒ Napoléon offered the Kingdom of Naples [Napoli] to Joseph, his elder brother.
23 January 1806 ‒ Death of William Pitt, British Prime Minister.
26 January 1806 – Return of Napoleon 1st to Paris.
28 January 1806 – The Senate decreed a monument at the Emperor.
February 1806
13 February 1806 – Napoleon I wrote to Pope Pius VII: Your Holiness is the sovereign of Rome, but I am the Emperor. All my enemies must be yours
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17 February 1806 – A decree ordered the construction of the arch of triumph of the Place de l'Étoile, in Paris.
19 February 1806 – A decree prescribed to solemnly celebrate the 15 August of each year, the feast of Saint-Napoleon and the restoration of the of the Catholic religion in France
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20 February 1806 – Napoleon ordered that the basilica of Saint-Denis would be used as the burial of his House.
22 February 1806 – A decree prohibited the introduction in France of cotton fabrics manufactured abroad.
26 February 1806 – Order of Napoleon: an arch of triumph would be erected on the site of the Carrousel at the glory of the French army.
March 1806
2nd March 1806 – In a speech at the opening of the Legislature session, Napoleon said: My armies have left of defeat when I told them not to battle, I have avenged the rights of weak states oppressed by the strong and my allies have increased in thensance and consider my enemies were humiliated and confused.
3rd March 1806 – A decree added to the Conservatory of Music a special school of declamation.
12 March 1806 – In a report presented at the Emperor, the minister of the Interior Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny offered to replace the statue of Charlemagne by that of Napoleon at the top of the column planned for the Place Vendome.
18 March 1806 – Establishment of employment tribunals.
21 March 1806 – Pope Pius VII replied to Napoleon (see above at the date of the 13 February): Your Majesty establishes that in principle he is Emperor of Rome. We meet with the franchise that the Apostolic Pope, now, from both of centuries which no ruler can be proud, sovereign of Rome, does not recognize and never acknowledged in his State than any other at the thensance own.
30 March 1806 – A statute established the rights and duties of members of the Imperial House towards the Emperor. Joseph Bonaparte was named King of Naples by his brother Napoleon.
April 1806
4 April 1806 – Publication of a catechism approved by the cardinal legate of the Pope as the only one in use in all Catholic churches of the French Empire.
11 April 1806 – The departments of the Netherlands, Upper-Rhine, Doubs, Jura, Côte-d'Or, Ain, Saone-et-Loire, Rhone and Upper-Saone would pay half the expenses that would require the creation of a channel forming the junction of the Rhone and the Rhine rivers, which would be called: Napoleon channel.
14 April 1806 – A deputation of notables from Bordeaux came to Paris to ask permission of raising in their city an equestrian statue of the Emperor.
22 April 1806 – The Bank of France became institution of state.
May 1806
2nd May 1806 – The insignia of the Legion of Honor would now be surmounted of an imperial crown.
10 May 1806 – Foundation of the University.
24 May 1806 – Napoleon suppressed the republican regime in Holland.
June 1806
5 June 1806 – Napoleon 1 appointed his brother Louis Bonaparte King of Holland. Bernadotte became Prince of Ponte-Corvo, Talleyrand became Prince of Benevento.
8 June 1806 – Decree on the theater system. The Odeon Theater became Theater of the Empress.
10 June 1806 – The importation of British goods in the Kingdom of Italy was prohibited.
13 June 1806 ‒ France and England began negotiations through Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford and Earl of Yarmouth , an English prisoner in France.
21 June 1806 – Because of the Pope refused to expel the English of Rome, French troops occupied the port of Civita Vecchia, by order of Napoleon.
24 June 1806 – A decree prohibited gambling houses throughout the extent of the French Empire.
27 June 1806 ‒ Capture of Buenos Aires (Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata) by the English.
30 June 1806 ‒ King Frederick William III of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm III. König von Preußen) confirmed his alliance with Russia by the Declaration of Charlottenburg.
July 1806
1st July 1806 ‒ Landing of an English expeditionary force in the Kingdom of Naples, at Santa Eufemia, under the command of General John Stuart .
4 July 1806 ‒ Defeat of French troops by Stuart's corps at Maida and insurrection in Calabria.
6 July 1806 ‒ Pierre d'Oubril , a Russian diplomat, arrived in Paris to begin Franco-Russian negotiations.
7 July 1806 ‒ Laying the foundation stone of the Carrousel triumphal arch.
10 July 1806 – Napoleon I sent to Italy two French actors troops.
12 July 1806 – Sixteen states in present-day Germany left the Holy Roman Empire and joined together in a confederation called Confederation of the Rhine, under the protectorate of Napoleon.
16 July 1806 – Creation of a Fund of service where the tax collectors had to deposit funds as soon as they would recover them.
24 July 1806 – The troops of infantry received a new uniform.
August 1806
1st August 1806 – At the Diet of Regensburg, fourteen German princes announced their union to the Confederation of the Rhine, under the protectorate of the Emperor of the French.
3rd August 1806 – Closure of the conscription of 1806.
6 August 1806 – Francis II renounced the title of Emperor of Germany and proclaimed himself Emperor of Austria under the name of Francis 1.
11 August 1806 – Count Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Ambassador of Austria, delivered to Napoleon 1 his letters of credence.
14 August 1806 – Creation of Majorats, which were hereditary fiefs of the Empire.
15 August 1806 – The Feast of the Emperor anniversary was celebrated with games, lights and fireworks. Laying of the foundation stone of the arch of triumph of the Etoile.
September 1806
6 September 1806 – King Frederick William III of Prussia, in a letter to the Emperor Alexander I of Russia, declared himself ready to attack the disturber of the rest of the world
the day when the Russian armies would march and when the subsidies of England would have reached.
10 September 1806 – The Prussian troops began to move.
12 September 1806 – They entered Saxony.
13 September 1806 – Death of Charles James Fox, the only supporter of peace in the british government.
17 September 1806 – First movements of French troops: the army Corps of Marshal Bernadotte turned on in the direction of Bayreuth.
19 September 1806 – Marshals Davout and Ney got the order of joining theeir army Corps.
20 September 1806 – Napoleon 1 sent a call to his German allies.
24 September 1806 – The Imperial Guard left Paris.
25 September 1806 – Napoleon left Saint-Cloud at 4 a.m. for the Campaign.
30 September 1806 – Creation of the reserve army of the Rhine, in order to keep the communication with the Grand Army committed in Germany, and to be used as backup troops. Il Italy, victory of Marshal Marmont over a Corps of Russian army at Castelnuovo.
October 1806
1st October 1806 – Ultimatum of Prussia which required that French troops would leave Germany.
5 October 1806 – First horse race ever in Paris.
6 October 1806 – Arrived at Bamberg, Napoleon reviewed the Imperial Guard and addressed a proclamation to his army.
8 October 1806 – The French crossed the river Saale and entered Coburg.
9 October 1806 – The first battle of the campaign took place near the city of Schleitz, in the presence of Napoleon.
10 October 1806 – Battle of Saalfeld. Prince Louis of Prussia (Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preußen) was killed in action.
11 October 1806 – The vanguard of the French army reached Leipzig.
12 October 1806 – Taking of Naumburg. Napoleon wrote to the King of Prussia, advising him to renounce at the war.
14 October 1806 – Twin battles of Jena-Auerstadt.
15 October 1806 – Napoleon returned on parole six thousand Saxons captured the day before.
16 October 1806 – Fourteen thousand Prussians locked in Erfurt surrendered to Marshal Murat.
17 October 1806 – Combat and taking of the city of Halle.
18 October 1806 – Entry of the French army into Leipzig.
19 October 1806 – Enter into Halberstadt.
20 October 1806 – Enter into Wittenberg.
21 October 1806 – Arrival of French headquarters at Potsdam.
22 October 1806 – Acting in the name of the King of Prussia, the Marquis of Lucchesini arrived at Wittenberg and requested for peace to Napoleon.
23 October 1806 – Installation of the French command at Charlottenburg Palace, near Berlin:
24 October 1806 – Emperor Napoleon 1 visited the palace of Sanssouci and the room of Frederick II the Great.
25 October 1806 – Napoleon reviewed his guard at Potsdam.
26 October 1806 – Napoleon went and meditated at the tomb of Frederick II, and announced that the sword of the King would be part of the spoils that would be sent to Paris.
27 October 1806 – Napoleon entered Berlin.
28 October 1806 – The Prince of Hohenlohe and his 17,000 soldier surrendered in Prentzlow.
29 October 1806 – The city of Stettin surrendered.
30 October 1806 – French army took possession of the States of the Duke of Brunswick.
31 October 1806 – Taking possession of the country of Hesse-Cassel.
November 1806
1st November 1806 – Marshal Davout took the city of Küstrin, on the river Oder.
4 November 1806 – The French entered Posen.
5 November 1806 – Marshal Bernadotte occupied the city of Schoenberg.
6 November 1806 – Taking of Lubeck by General Drouët.
7 November 1806 – The remnants of the army of Blücher capitulated.
8 November 1806 – French entered Magdeburg.
9 November 1806 – A contribution of one hundred and fifty million Francs was required from the allies of Prussia.
10 November 1806 – Taking of possession of the Electorate of Hanover.
11 November 1806 – Arrival of the Russians, who came at the relief of the Prussians.
16 November 1806 – A ceasefire was signed between France and Prussia in Charlottenburg.
19 November 1806 – A deputation of the French Senate was received by Napoleon at the royal palace of Berlin.
21 November 1806 – Napoleon decreed the blockade of the British Isles: all trading with United Kingdom would be prohibited, including neutral countries.
25 November 1806 – The Emperor left Berlin.
28 November 1806 – Entry of the French Army at Warsaw [Warszawa].
December 1806
3 December 1806 ‒ Capitulation of the city of Glogau.
10 December 1806 ‒ Meeting of the members of the Grand Sanhedrin in Paris..
11 December 1806 ‒ The Elector of Saxony signed peace in Poznan and entered the Confederation of the Rhine.
12 December 1806 ‒ The Serbs, insurgent against the Turks, seized the citadel of Belgrade [Beograd].
13 December 1806 – Birth in Paris of Charles Leon, the illegitimate son of Napoleon and of Eleanor Denuelle de la Plaigne, lady-in-waiting to Caroline Murat.
19 December 1806 – Arrival of Napoleon at Warsaw.
22 December 1806 – Crossing of the Vistula river by the cavalry of Marshal Davout.
23 December 1806 ‒ Victory of Napoleon at Czarnowo.
26 December 1806 – French victories at Soldau, Golymin and Pułtusk.
27 December 1806 – The French army went into winter quarters at Pułtusk.
Photo credits
Photos by Lionel A. Bouchon.Photos by Michèle Grau-Ghelardi.
Photos by Marie-Albe Grau.
Photos by Floriane Grau.
Photos by Didier Grau.
Photos by people outside the Napoleon & Empire association. The photo of the Sanssouci Palace was kindly provided to us by Ms. Christiane Deshaies-Da Luz, whom we warmly thank.